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YNW Melly Is No Longer Facing Death Penalty In Double Murder Case Due To Technicality

<p><strong>YNW Melly<&sol;strong> is no longer <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;ynw-mellys-mom-and-girlfriend-reportedly-hired-strippers-and-threw-a-party-across-the-street-from-his-jail-cell&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">facing the death sentence<&sol;a> in his double murder case&comma; after his lawyers discovered that prosecutors failed to deliver a notice of intent to seek the death penalty&comma; a little-known rule in Florida&&num;8217&semi;s criminal procedure&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pitchfork&period;com&sol;news&sol;ynw-melly-no-longer-facing-death-penalty-in-double-murder-case&sol;"><strong>Pitchfork<&sol;strong><&sol;a>&comma; attorneys for the 23-year-old rapper&comma; who was charged with two first-degree murders of longtime friends Anthony &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;YNW Sakchaser” Williams and Christopher &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;YNW Juvy” Thomas Jr&period;&comma; filed a motion to preclude the state from seeking the death penalty on April 27&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Police say he and another rapper and associate YNW Bortlen shot and killed Williams and Thomas back in February 2019&comma; before staging the scene to appear to be a drive-by shooting&period; Essentially&comma; Melly&&num;8217&semi;s lawyers were able to have capital punishment tossed out from sentencing due to a technicality&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;If the prosecutor intends to seek the death penalty&comma; the prosecutor must give notice to the Defendant of that intent to seek the death penalty&period; This notice must be filed with the Court within 45 days of the arraignment&period;”<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Death Penalty Tossed Due to Technicality Found By Melly&&num;8217&semi;s Lawyers<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Court documents viewed by Pitchfork state that while Melly was arraigned on the superseding indictment &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;on or about March 2&comma; 2022&comma;” the state of Florida &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;has never filed a Notice of Intent to Seek the Death the Penalty listing the aggravating factors it intends to prove as it relates to this new or superseding indictment&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Prosecutors had 45 days to give Melly a notice of intent to seek the death penalty&comma; which they ultimately failed to do&comma; court documents show&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"size-full wp-image-47912 aligncenter" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;03&sol;IMG&lowbar;5798&period;jpg" alt&equals;"ynw melly pleads not gulty" width&equals;"750" height&equals;"896" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>The court filing continues&colon; &&num;8220&semi;The State must must additionally now prove that the Defendant committed the charged offenses for the of purpose benefiting&comma; promoting&comma; or furthering the interests of a criminal gang&comma; which was never alleged in the original Indictment&period; Since the 45 day Notice of Intent to Seek Death has expired&comma; the State should therefore be precluded from seeking a penalty of death in this cause&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Rapper Still Faces Life Imprisonment&comma; Lawsuits from Deceased&&num;8217&semi;s Families<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>The young rapper&comma; best known for the 2018 hit song &&num;8220&semi;Murder on My Mind&&num;8221&semi; in which the music video contained disturbing similarities to the murders he is accused of taking part in with fellow YNW associate Bortlen&comma; who was released on bond in 2020&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In 2020&comma; a year after Melly was arrested and charged with the murders&comma; the rapper was hit with wrongful death lawsuits by the estates of Williams and Thomas&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Although he no longer faces the death penalty&comma; Melly is still facing life in prison if convicted in the double homicides&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-wrap wpra-plugin-container" style&equals;"justify-content&colon; center&semi;&semi;"> <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-container" data-ver&equals;"1&period;3&period;10" data-post&lowbar;id&equals;"93030" data-show&lowbar;count&equals;"true" data-enable&lowbar;share&equals;"onclick" data-behavior&equals;"regular" data-animation&equals;"true" data-share&lowbar;url&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;breaking-ynw-melly-is-no-longer-facing-death-penalty-in-double-case-due-to-technicality&sol;" data-secure&equals;"b4292fe731"> <div class&equals;"wpra-call-to-action" style&equals;"color&colon; 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