YNW Melly Denied Bond, Will Remain Jailed Ahead of Double Murder Retrial
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Charisma Madarang
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Summary
Rapper YNW Melly (Jamell Demons) was denied bond again in his double murder case, with Judge Martin Fein ruling on May 6 that he will remain incarcerated ahead of his retrial. Demons has spent over seven years in jail without a verdict. He is charged with two counts of first-degree murder for the 2018 fatal shootings of his longtime friends Anthony Williams and Christopher Thomas Jr., and allegedly conspiring with Cortlen Henry to stage a drive-by shooting. His 2023 trial ended without a verdict, leading to a retrial.
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· 3 pulledYNW Melly, born Jamell Demons, was denied bond again in his long-delayed double murder case.
Judge Martin Fein ruled on Wednesday, May 6, that the rapper, who has spent more than seven years incarcerated without a verdict, will behind bars ahead of trial.
Prosecutors accused Demons of fatally shooting his longtime friends Anthony Williams and Christopher Thomas Jr. on Oct. 26, 2018, and then conspiring with another man, Cortlen Henry, to stage a drive-by shooting.
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