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<blockquote data-quote="UPROXX" data-source="post: 47879" data-attributes="member: 81"><img src="https://uproxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/melly3-tf-uproxx.jpg?w=1600&amp;h=500&amp;crop=1" alt="ynw melly murder trial" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Getty Image/Ralph OrdazIt has been a while since we last heard any updates on the still-upcoming YNW Melly murder trial, but a preliminary hearing today yielded at least some information. We now know, <a href="https://www.xxlmag.com/ynw-melly-death-penalty-dropped/" target="_blank">according to XXL</a>, no matter what the outcome, Melly <a href="https://uproxx.com/music/ynw-melly-death-penalty-murder-case/" target="_blank">won’t see the death penalty</a>. After hearing out both sides, the judge in the case decided that the death penalty would be off the table should Melly — real name Jamell Demons — be convicted of murdering his associates Chris Thomas and Anthony Williams.Melly is <a href="https://uproxx.com/music/ynw-melly-murder-shooting/" target="_blank">charged with two counts of first-degree murder</a>. Prosecutors say that he and fellow rapper Cortlen Henry shot both Thomas and Williams inside of a vehicle, then drove them to the Miramar Memorial Hospital, where they claimed they were shot in a drive-by on October 26 of 2018. After a four-month investigation, police arrested Demons and Bortlen in February 2019. Melly has remained in jail without bond since; Bortlen was released on bond in 2020 but was arrested again for a probation violation in April 2021. Melly was also <a href="https://uproxx.com/music/ynw-melly-early-release-request-denied-coronavirus/" target="_blank">denied an early release for a COVID-19 diagnosis</a>.Melly has since pled not guilty and the trial has been pushed back repeatedly as the defense and prosecution battle over what evidence to admit/omit and a contentious jury selection process. Melly’s mother posted about today’s ruling on Instagram, expressing thanks for the removal of the possibility of the harshest sentence.<a href="https://uproxx.com/music/ynw-melly-no-death-penalty-in-murder-trial/" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="UPROXX, post: 47879, member: 81"] [IMG alt="ynw melly murder trial"]https://uproxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/melly3-tf-uproxx.jpg?w=1600&h=500&crop=1[/IMG] [UWSL]Getty Image/Ralph Ordaz[/UWSL] It has been a while since we last heard any updates on the still-upcoming YNW Melly murder trial, but a preliminary hearing today yielded at least some information. We now know, [URL='https://www.xxlmag.com/ynw-melly-death-penalty-dropped/']according to [I]XXL[/I][/URL], no matter what the outcome, Melly [URL='https://uproxx.com/music/ynw-melly-death-penalty-murder-case/']won’t see the death penalty[/URL]. After hearing out both sides, the judge in the case decided that the death penalty would be off the table should Melly — real name Jamell Demons — be convicted of murdering his associates Chris Thomas and Anthony Williams. Melly is [URL='https://uproxx.com/music/ynw-melly-murder-shooting/']charged with two counts of first-degree murder[/URL]. Prosecutors say that he and fellow rapper Cortlen Henry shot both Thomas and Williams inside of a vehicle, then drove them to the Miramar Memorial Hospital, where they claimed they were shot in a drive-by on October 26 of 2018. After a four-month investigation, police arrested Demons and Bortlen in February 2019. Melly has remained in jail without bond since; Bortlen was released on bond in 2020 but was arrested again for a probation violation in April 2021. Melly was also [URL='https://uproxx.com/music/ynw-melly-early-release-request-denied-coronavirus/']denied an early release for a COVID-19 diagnosis[/URL]. Melly has since pled not guilty and the trial has been pushed back repeatedly as the defense and prosecution battle over what evidence to admit/omit and a contentious jury selection process. Melly’s mother posted about today’s ruling on Instagram, expressing thanks for the removal of the possibility of the harshest sentence. [url="https://uproxx.com/music/ynw-melly-no-death-penalty-in-murder-trial/"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]

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