RAPPER YNW MELLY TRAIL UPDATE

YNW Melly is a 24 year old rapper from Gifford, Florida. Before his career took off, he was arrested and charged for murdering two of his friends, YNW Sakchaser and YNW Juvy in 2019.

According to reports, the trial over the murders is finally pushing through after four years, and numerous attempts of getting the death penalty off the table.

The trial will commence on Jun 7, with a selection of jurors that will serve on the case, and they will have the difficult decision whether to sentence the rapper to death or not.

The death sentence in this case is quite monumental and controversial for several reasons: the death penalty is new in the state of Florida-it was just signed into law by Governor Ron DeSantis in April last year.

Death Penalty

According to reports, the judge in this case has lowered the threshold for the death penalty; jurors now how the power to vote for or against a person's life.

The jurors would only need an 8-4 vote instead of a unanimous vote, making it the lowest threshold in the United States, which many find to be concerning and alarming.

The only other state that allows split juries in suggesting death sentences is Alabama, with a vote of 10-2.

Apparently, the new law came in the heels of another murder trial in October 2022. The infamous and tragic Parkland school shooter, Nikolas Cruz, managed to avoid a death sentence because of a split jury.