More than 10 jurors were being considered for a trial in Atlanta, including prominent musicians, but instead of being jailed after skipping court for a trip abroad, 30 pages complete with primary and secondary sources. was ordered to write an essay on According to multiple reports.
According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, jury number 64 created a racketeering, violent street gang of rapper Young Thug and 13 others, and the gang’s criminal activities through Young Thug’s music. were being considered in the trial of those accused of aiding
Hundreds of jury candidates are in and out of Atlanta’s Fulton County Courthouse, and the stream of juror candidates is expected to continue until jury selection is finalized around the end of next month.
Juror number 64, whose name has been withheld, went before Fulton County Chief Justice Ural Granville on Thursday, hours after he was reportedly taken into custody at a local airport on Wednesday.
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Atlanta-based rapper Young Thug, real name Jeffrey Lamar Williams, appears in Fulton County Courthouse.
(WAGA-TV Fox 5 Atlanta)
According to the AJC, jurors said “no, this is serious” as they entered the jury room of the court.
The woman told the court she had booked a trip to the Dominican Republic for December 29, 2022. She travels frequently with her job, as was the case with her January trip.
She first attended jury selection as required on Wednesday, January 4, before leaving for the Dominican Republic that Friday. Before leaving court on Wednesday, she asked if there were any exceptions.
“I asked, are there any exceptions?” She said, according to a video shared online by Law & Crime Network, “The best you could do was send them an email with details and explanations. “They said.
She continued:
Juror number 64 added that the court’s voicemail system notified her to send an email about issues related to the subpoena.
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“I didn’t really know I was in violation until the sheriff showed up,” she continued. And then I came back in. I couldn’t leave… I was in a boat and there was no way to get off.”
Granville questioned the woman throughout the explanation, including why she chose to wait until January 5 for a notice of the trip to court rather than immediately after learning of the subpoena.
“Honestly, my mail was piling up. I looked it up and it said it had to be done in 10 days. I think I said that,” she said. “So my only thought was to show otherwise. Every move I made was to keep a jury trial.
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Granville said he had insulted the jury candidates, but handed down an unusual sentence.
“Insults are usually punishable with a $1,000 fine or 20 days in prison,” Granville said. “To satisfy your contempt, I demand that you commute her twenty days and write his thirty-page paper on the importance of jury duty.”
Fulton County Chief Justice Ural Granville in Fulton County Courthouse.
(WAGA-TV Fox 5 Atlanta)
Writing an essay instead of imprisonment itself is unusual, but there was much more written in Glanville.
He explained, among other things, how she had to write about jury history and “those who couldn’t serve on the jury,” about discrimination and jury service in Georgia.
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“A few years ago, people who looked like us couldn’t be on a jury. It was forbidden,” Glanville explained.
The paper was expected to be submitted electronically within three weeks, Glanville said.
“I’m going to do a plagiarism check. I’ll have to write it myself,” said the legal scholar. “And you have to come back and tell me about it.”
Rapper Young Thug performs at the Lollapalooza Music Festival on August 1, 2021 in Grant Park, Chicago.
(Amy Harris/Invision/AP, File)
Juror number 64 is reportedly scheduled to appear in court on February 13.
Young Thug, a 31-year-old rapper born Jeffrey Lamar Williams, was one of 28 people charged with alleged RICO schemes. Prosecutors have accused the defendants of founding the Bloods-related gang “Young Slime Life” and committing numerous violent crimes in order to make money and become more powerful.
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The trial is expected to last up to nine months, according to the AJC, and if so, it would be the longest in Georgia’s history.
