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Young Thug RICO Trial: Lawyers Ask Georgia Supreme Court to Force Judge’s Recusal

Defense lawyers in Young Thug's RICO trial allege Judge Ural Glanville joined with prosecutors to “coerce" testimony from a key witness

The witness, Kenneth Copeland, had been sworn in for live testimony in front of the jury on Friday, June 7, but was taken into custody and spent the weekend in jail when Judge Glanville found him in contempt for refusing to answer questions after signing an immunity deal. “The only logical conclusion for the secret nature of the proceeding was to give Glanville in conjunction with the State the unfettered ability to harass and intimidate the sworn witness into testifying,” the lawyers argue in the motion. Copeland is a key witness in the case, because he had access to an Infiniti sedan that allegedly was rented by Young Thug and was later linked to the 2015 murder of Donovan “Nut” Thomas Jr. outside a barbershop in Atlanta.

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