{"id":2565,"date":"2024-11-02T22:55:05","date_gmt":"2024-11-02T22:55:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/?p=2565"},"modified":"2024-11-02T22:55:05","modified_gmt":"2024-11-02T22:55:05","slug":"breaking-newsus-rapper-young-thug-released-jail-probation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/?p=2565","title":{"rendered":"Breaking news:US rapper Young Thug released from jail on probation"},"content":{"rendered":"

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US rapper Young Thug was released from jail Thursday night after pleading guilty to multiple charges, including gang, drug, and gun offences.<\/p>\n

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His release concludes what has been the longest criminal trial in Georgia\u2019s history, the BBC reports.<\/p>\n

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The 33-year-old Grammy winner, whose real name is Jeffery Lamar Williams, had been held for over 900 days following his arrest in May 2022 on racketeering and gang-related charges.<\/p>\n

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Prosecutors initially alleged that his record label, Young Stoner Life Records, served as a front for an organised crime group connected to violent crime in Atlanta.<\/p>\n

In a hearing Thursday, Williams was sentenced to time served and 15 years of probation, with jail records confirming his release that evening.<\/p>\n

\u201cI take full responsibility for my crimes, for my charges.<\/p>\n

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\u201cTo really everybody that has got something to do with this situation, I want to say sorry,\u201d Williams said in court.<\/p>\n

He expressed regret, describing himself as a \u201cgood guy with a good heart\u201d who fell into trouble due to his nature of being \u201cnice or cool.\u201d<\/p>\n

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He acknowledged, \u201cAnd I understand that you can\u2019t be that way when you reach a certain height because it could end bad\u2026 and it could fall on you.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Though prosecutors initially suggested a 45-year sentence, the final decision by Superior Court Judge Paige Whitaker commuted his sentence to the time he had served.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI want you to try to be more of the solution and less of the problem,\u201d Judge Whitaker advised him.<\/p>\n

As part of the plea agreement, Williams pleaded guilty to one gang charge, three drug charges, and two gun charges.<\/p>\n

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He also entered a no-contest plea to leading a gang and violating Georgia\u2019s Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act, accepting punishment without disputing those charges.<\/p>\n

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Additional terms of his probation include 100 hours of community service, restrictions on gang contact, and a ban from staying in the Atlanta area for the first decade of his probation, with exceptions for family events and anti-gang presentations.<\/p>\n

The lengthy trial saw numerous delays and disruptions.<\/p>\n

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Young Thug, known to fans as \u201cThugger,\u201d and 27 associates at YSL Records were accused of crimes under the RICO Act.<\/p>\n

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Prosecutors argued YSL was shorthand for \u201cYoung Slime Life,\u201d an alleged criminal gang linked to violent crimes including murder, robbery, and carjacking in Atlanta.<\/p>\n

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The use of rap lyrics in the indictment sparked backlash, with critics asserting that the prosecution\u2019s case infringed on artistic freedom and was unfairly targeting a Black-dominated genre.<\/p>\n

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Multiple co-defendants took plea deals or had cases separated, with jury selection taking nearly 10 months starting January 2023.<\/p>\n

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In July, the trial was paused after Williams\u2019s lawyers claimed misconduct by Judge Ural Glanville, alleging he pressured a witness to testify.<\/p>\n

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During the trial, a series of unusual events unfolded, including the arrest of a deputy accused of smuggling contraband to a defendant and a security breach in which someone yelled \u201cFree Thug!\u201d on the court\u2019s Zoom call.<\/p>\n

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US rapper Young Thug was released from jail Thursday night after pleading guilty to multiple charges, including gang, drug, and gun offences.   His release concludes what has been the longest criminal trial in Georgia\u2019s history, the BBC reports.   The 33-year-old Grammy winner, whose real name is Jeffery Lamar Williams, had been held for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2566,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[162],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music-actor"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/YTw.jpg",677,453,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/YTw-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/YTw-300x201.jpg",300,201,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/YTw.jpg",677,453,false],"large":["https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/YTw.jpg",677,453,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/YTw.jpg",677,453,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/YTw.jpg",677,453,false],"jnews-360x180":["https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/YTw-360x180.jpg",360,180,true],"jnews-750x375":["https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/YTw-677x375.jpg",677,375,true],"jnews-1140x570":["https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/YTw.jpg",677,453,false],"jnews-120x86":["https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/YTw-120x86.jpg",120,86,true],"jnews-350x250":["https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/YTw-350x250.jpg",350,250,true],"jnews-750x536":["https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/YTw.jpg",677,453,false],"jnews-1140x815":["https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/YTw.jpg",677,453,false],"jnews-360x504":["https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/YTw-360x453.jpg",360,453,true],"jnews-75x75":["https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/YTw-75x75.jpg",75,75,true],"jnews-350x350":["https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/YTw-350x350.jpg",350,350,true],"jnews-featured-750":["https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/YTw.jpg",677,453,false],"jnews-featured-1140":["https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/YTw.jpg",677,453,false]},"author_info":{"display_name":"Newssoccer","author_link":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/?author=1"},"category_info":"Music actor<\/a>","tag_info":"Music actor","comment_count":"3","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/YTw.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2565","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2565"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2565\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2716,"href":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2565\/revisions\/2716"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}