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Making Sense of the YSL Trial’s Wild Ending
“The jury probably resented being there.”
Georgia prosecutors shocked the hip-hop community in May 2022 when they claimed that YSL Records, the label founded by Young Thug, was a criminal street gang under the state’s Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act. Now, two and a half years later, a jury refuted the prosecutors’ claim for the first time, finding two YSL defendants, Yak Gotti and Shannon Stillwell, not guilty on RICO charges. The most recent not-guilty verdicts not only put those pleas in a different light, but also raise questions about the YSL defendants yet to stand trial — and how the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office has handled this case.
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