Jurors on the Younger Thug YSL RICO trial are lastly talking out following the conclusion of the case.
Jurors Break Silence on YSL Trial
On Tuesday (Dec. 4), native Atlanta information station WSB-TV reporter Michael Seiden interviewed Jason Collins, 38, a.ok.a juror No. 56, who gave his ideas on being concerned within the longest trial in Georgia historical past at 170 days.
“It was extraordinarily lengthy,” he stated within the video beneath. “You just about put your entire life on the aspect. Individuals did not actually know this however now we have our private lives occurring. We truly had 5 jurors, together with myself, have any person move away. So, you are speaking about your entire total life positioned on maintain…and just about, you change into a household with one another contained in the jury room. To sum all the things up, this court docket case was simply lengthy.”
Collins additionally believes tune lyrics getting used within the case backfired on the prosecution.
“I consider in freedom of speech, regardless if we agree or disagree,” Collins added. “It is a very skinny line to take lyrics and put into trial. [Young Thug] is an artist. He is expressing himself. And I believe that we’re going right into a slippery slope once we begin to analyze lyrics and music. That’s one thing that I’ve to disagree with wholeheartedly. I personally do not assume that lyrics ought to have been introduced into the format.”
Three extra jurors additionally spoke out yesterday on the YouTube channel I am Not a Lawyer However…, together with juror No. 508, juror No. 225 and juror No. 387.
“I truthfully did not know something about his music,” juror No. 225 stated within the beneath interview. “To be trustworthy, the best way that they introduced him in his trial…They needed him to look on this damaging mild however I noticed any person that kinda pulled himself up, bought himself out of the place he was in and tried to assist different folks round. So it kinda shined a extra constructive mild in my eyes.”
Juror No. 508 believes the state needed Younger Thug and the opposite codefendants had been simply pawns.
“I believe this entire case had one thing to do with Thug,” she stated. “The little fishes…collateral harm.”
The YSL trial, which started on Nov. 27, 2023, lastly got here to a conclusion on Tuesday after the final two remaining defendants, Deamonte “Yak Gotti” Kendrick and Shannon Stillwell, had been most exonerated. Yak Gotti was discovered not responsible on all costs whereas Stillwell was discovered responsible of a gun possession cost whereas being discovered harmless of all different counts. He was sentenced to time served.
The decision comes after Younger Thug pleaded responsible within the trial on Oct. 31 and was basically sentenced to time served and 15 years of probation.
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Try jurors from the YSL RICO trial speaking about their expertise beneath.
