They’ve certainly been taking their sweet time with the YSL case. Because the jury selection process that took almost a calendar year wasn’t enough, we are now on day 140 of the affair.
Onlookers are understandably taken aback by the length of the trial:
I don’t do criminal law but man I think you can try everything in about a month https://t.co/SGlHBB3u8q
— Raffi Melkonian (@RMFifthCircuit) October 1, 2024
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Even one of the state’s investigators is complaining:
"This is never going to end"
— Gaither, on a hot mic, getting excused before the motion for mistrial was made. pic.twitter.com/NEjgy6v9Vu
— THUGGERDAILY ひ (@ThuggerDaily) October 2, 2024
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There are, of course, cases that take a long time because hard hitting evidence and complex stories can take their toll on jurors. Unfortunately, this is a case where some of the strongest evidence stems from song lyrics and no one went that far with investigating the racketeering part of the whole RICO thing:
https://twitter.com/blvcklawstudent/status/1841578460118188132?s=46
You mean the prosecution had the nerve to make a witness define SLIME, but nobody took the time to realize what the R in RICO for? This is the sort of shoddy case building you’d expect of a team that so heavily relied on lyrics to make their case. In that time, they’ve also racked up an insane number of motions for mistrial:
https://twitter.com/BlvckLawStudent/status/1841491318695981529
I don’t know when this will be over, but can we hurry it up a bit? Not only because of the right to a speedy trial, but I need to hear whatever music Young Thug will turn this charade in to.
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Chris Williams became a social media manager and assistant editor for Above the Law in June 2021. Prior to joining the staff, he moonlighted as a minor Memelord™ in the Facebook group Law School Memes for Edgy T14s. He endured Missouri long enough to graduate from Washington University in St. Louis School of Law. He is a former boatbuilder who cannot swim, a published author on critical race theory, philosophy, and humor, and has a love for cycling that occasionally annoys his peers. You can reach him by email at [email protected] and by tweet at @WritesForRent.