An Atlanta jury on Tuesday issued a verdict largely acquitting Young Thug’s two remaining co-defendants, Kendrick and Stillwell, in the long-running trial of his alleged YSL gang. They were found guilty on a single charge of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon but not guilty on other charges including racketeering, murder, firearms, and drug charges. Stillwell was sentenced to 10 years in prison but ordered to serve only two, which were covered by time already served during the trial.
An Atlanta jury on Tuesday issued a verdict largely acquitting Young Thug ’s two remaining co-defendants in the long-running trial of his alleged YSL gang.l guilty on a single charge of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, but not guilty on any others.
Combined with Thug’s exit, Tuesday’s verdict marks the end of criminal trial that has captivated the music industry for nearly than two years. Pitting prosecutors in America’s rap capital against one of hip-hop’s biggest stars, the YSL case has raised big questions — about the fairness of the criminal justice system; about violent personas in modern hip-hop; and about prosecutors using rap lyrics as evidence.
Kendrick and Stillwell were two of the more than two dozen men indicted alongside Thug in May 2022. In a sweeping indictment, prosecutors alleged that his “YSL” — nominally a record label standing for “Young Stoner Life” — was also a violent gang called “Young Slime Life” that had wrought “havoc” on the Atlanta area for nearly a decade.
The case, built around Georgia’s Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations law, claimed that YSL committed murders, carjackings, and many other crimes. Prosecutors said Thug was “King Slime,” operating as a criminal boss amid his rise to fame, but accused Kendrick and Stillwell of some of the most serious crimes — including carrying out the 2015 murder of rival gang leader Donovan Thomas that played a central role in the prosecution’s case.
From the start, the YSL case was beset by delays. Starting in January 2023, it took an unprecedented 10-month process just to pick a jury. After the trial itself got underway in November 2023, prosecutors meandered through a vast list of witnesses that included more than 100 names. Earlier this year, the case was delayed for weeks over a bizarre episode that resulted in the presiding judge beingThought he trial is over, the YSL case isn’t quite over.
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