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Young Thug’s Lawyer Asks New Judge in RICO Trial to Release Him from ‘Torturous’ Jail Until Verdict

Young Thug’s lawyer has asked the new judge in his RICO trial to release him from jail on bond until the case reaches a verdict.

The new judge in Young Thug ’s sprawling Atlanta gang trial has been greeted by a flood of new motions, including a renewed demand to release the rapper from the “torturous conditions” he’s faced while sitting in jail for more than two years. A week after Judge Paige Reese Whitaker took the reins in the massive racketeering case, Thug’s attorney Brian Steel asked her on Tuesday (July 23) to release the rapper on bond and allow him to live under house arrest with strict monitoring until a verdict is reached. Citing Georgia’s Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) law, prosecutors claim the group operated a criminal enterprise that committed murders, carjackings, armed robberies, drug dealing and other crimes over the course of a decade.

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