YNW Melly has reportedly been denied bail again before the retrial of his double murder case beginning on the 9th of October.
In February 2019, he was arrested and charged with two counts of premeditated murder and faces life imprisonment without the possibility of parole or the death penalty if convicted. He is also a suspect in the 2017 murder of a sheriff’s deputy in Gifford. In March 2019, Demons pleaded not guilty to the double-murder charges. His first trial ended in a hung jury, and the case was scheduled for retrial in October 2023.
National Broadcasting Company (NBC) South Florida reports that the rapper, born Jamell Demons, had his bond request denied by a judge on Friday (September 22) and will remain in jail until his new trial is scheduled to start on October 9.
Previously, Melly’s legal team argued that his co-defendant, Corten “YNW Borten” Henry, who faces the same charges, has been granted bond and should be given the same treatment.
YNW Melly Requests Bond While He Awaits Second Murder Trial
YNW Melly Requests Bond While He Awaits Second Murder Trial
“After careful consideration, this Court finds that the State has met it burden of demonstrating that the proof of guilt is evident and the presumption of guilt is great,” the judge’s order read. “The jurors’ inability to reach a unanimous verdict does not alter the nation or weight of the evidence of Defendant’s guilt.”
Leondra Phillips, the mother of Christopher “YNW Juvy” Thomas, one of YNW Melly’s alleged murder victims, also spoke during the hearing via Zoom, saying she fears for her safety if Melly were to be freed.
“I don’t think he should receive a bond,” she told the court. “He’s innocent until proven guilty, but he has money and I don’t want anything to happen to me and my family. No bond, please.”
According to WTVJ, the Broward County State Attorney’s office confirmed in July that they would retry the case again and that both sides could refine their strategies.
The double murder trial of Melly, born Jamell Demons, ended on July 22 in a deadlocked jury. A unanimous verdict is required to convict or acquit a defendant charged with murder.
Judge John Murphy had twice asked the jurors to keep deliberating after they said they were deadlocked. But the jury came back a third time without a different result.
In July 2022, a Florida judge removed the death penalty as a possible sentence option for Melly. The rapper remains behind bars on double homicide charges.
Melly and Bortlen are accused of killing victims YNW Juvy and Anthony “YNW Sakchaser” Williams and attempting to stage the crime scene to resemble a drive-by shooting. Melly pled not guilty to the first-degree murder charges in March 2019. He later addressed his arrest in a since-deleted Instagram post that same year.
According to prosecutors, Ballistics tests show the victims were shot from inside the Jeep. But defense lawyers point to the fact that a gun was never recovered and assert Melly had no apparent motive for the crime
The artiste Young Nigga World Melly, a.k.a YNW Melly, born Jamell Maurice Demons is an American rapper and singer, born May 1, 1999. He is best known for his songs “Murder on My Mind”, “Suicidal” (featuring Juice Wrld),”223’s” (featuring 9lokkNine) and “Mixed Personalities” (featuring Kanye West).
The first is considered his breakout, which garnered him further attention after being charged with the double-murder of two fellow rappers in the “YNW” collective. In November 2019, he released his debut album, Melly vs. Melvin, peaking number 8 on the Billboard 200.
