Jury deliberations began in the YSL trial on Tuesday.
A Georgia jury began deliberations in the longest-running trial in the state on Tuesday.Deamonte Kendrick, also known as Yak Gotti, and Shannon Stillwell, also known as SB, were charged with multiple counts related to racketeering conspiracy and participation in criminal street gang activity, along with murder and drug and gun violations. They have both pleaded not guilty to all charges.Prosecutors claim Kendrick and Stillwell were part of a gang called Young Slime Life, or YSL.
Stillwell's defense attorney, Max Schardt, said prosecutors failed to prove their case.'The state has spent the past year with a hammer in their hand banging on a square peg that they call evidence,' Schardt said.'That square peg does not fit in that round hole,' he added.Kendrick's defense attorney, Doug Weinstein, said the evidence proves his client is innocent.
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