YNW Melly Has Been Incarcerated For 1,869 Days Despite Not Being Found Guilty

YNW Melly Has Been Incarcerated For 1,869 Days Despite Not Being Found Guilty

In February 2019, YNW Melly and his associate Cortlen “YNW Bortlen” Henry were arrested and each charged with two counts of first-degree murder.

Authorities say the two men fatally shot their friends, 20-year-old Chris “YNW Juvy” and 21-year-old Anthony “YNW Sakchaser” Williams, in October 2018.

Melly and Bortlen are accused of killing the victims inside a vehicle and then trying to stage the crime to resemble a drive-by shooting. The case has been ongoing since then and YNW Melly has now been incarcerated for 1,869 days despite not being found guilty.

 

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Earlier this year, a Florida judge has removed the death penalty as a possible sentence for the 23-year-old rapper, who remains behind bars on double homicide charges.

Melly—legal name Jamell Maurice Demons—received the news Wednesday during a preliminary hearing in Broward County. His attorney confirmed the info to XXL, while his mother celebrated the decision via Instagram.

“I’m literally crying real tears ,” Jamie Demons-King wrote. “You coming home son.”

The new order signed by Judge Andrew L. Siegel, notes, “Defendant argues that the State is precluded from seeking the death penalty at trial because the State failed to file a Notice of Intent to Seek the Death Penalty within 45 days of his arraignment on the superseding indictment. … The Notice of Intent to Seek the Death Penalty pertaining to the original indictment is not sufficient to meet the State’s notice requirement as it pertains to the superseding indictment.”