YNW Melly Denied Bond Ahead of Double Murder Retrial

By Charisma Madarang

Charisma Madarang

YNW Melly, born Jamell Demons, was denied bond again in his long-delayed double murder case. Judge Martin Fein ruled on Wednesday, May 6, that the rapper, who has spent more than seven years incarcerated without a verdict, will behind bars ahead of trial.

“The Court, the State Attorney’s Office, and all who observed this bond hearing should have been deeply troubled by the clear evidence presented regarding the inhumane conditions Mr. Demons has endured for over seven years — including the last three in solitary confinement — while still presumed innocent under our Constitution,” Demons’ lawyers Drew Findling and Carey Haughwout said in a statement. “Yet the Court denied bond and allowed those conditions to continue without even acknowledging the shocking circumstances under which he has been forced to live.”

His attorneys called Demons’ treatment “cruel and extreme,” and expressed “disbelief and outrage at the conditions imposed in this case.” They continued, “Unfortunately, it now appears that only a jury verdict compelling his release will bring an end to the years of unnecessary and unjust punishment he has already suffered.”

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