Prosecutors show video of YNW Melly hopping in the car that ultimately his friends got killed in.
YNW Bortlen had gun powder residue on his hands and a change of clothing when he dropped off the body of SakChaser and Juvy. YNW Bortlen and YNW Melly were the only two men in the vehicle with the deceased..
Robert Cobert created an IG account from which a post was sent out taunting YNW Melly’s friends deaths, “Lol we killed two of your (friends)”. When Robert was interviewed, he claims he didn’t write that but he indeed sold the account for $20, and doesn’t recall who he sold it to.
Rapper YNW Melly’s murder trial is expected to start the week of June 20, but before the first juror has been picked, a judge on Friday lowered the threshold for a death sentence should he be convicted.
Broward Circuit Judge John Murphy granted the state prosecutors’ motion to follow a new law that allows juries to recommend a death sentence with an 8-4 vote instead of a unanimous vote.
The push to reduce Florida’s death penalty threshold was inspired by the convicted Parkland school shooter not getting the death penalty due to a split jury.
YNW Melly Has Been Awaiting Trial for Four Years
YNW Melly has been locked up in the Broward County Jail since his arrest on two counts of first-degree murder on Feb. 13, 2019. The “Virtual (Blue Balenciagas)” rapper is accused of shooting and killing his friends YNW Juvy (Chris Thomas, 20) and YNW Sakchaser (Anthony Williams, 21) in an incident that occurred on Oct. 26, 2018
When Does YNW Melly’s Murder Trial Start?
YNW Melly’s trial is expected to begin later this month. He will be one of the first people tried under the new rule, which was recently pushed through by Florida Governor Ron Disantis in the wake of Parkland High School shooter Nikolas Cruz only getting a life sentence due to a split 9-3 jury. A death penalty recommendation with only an 8-4 vote is the lowest threshold in the United States.
Melly, best known for hit song “Murder on My Mind,” was arrested on two counts of first-degree murder on Feb. 13, 2019. Since then, he has been in the Broward main jail, despite efforts to get released at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The 24-year-old’s death penalty case is among the first considered after the change. The 8-4 vote to recommend a death sentence is the lowest threshold in the country.
Prosecutors says YNW Melly sent Fredo Bang his location after the murder of YNW Juvy and YNW SakChaser.
