The
longest
criminal
trial
in
Georgia’s
history
has
finally
come
to
a
close.
Jeffrey
Williams,
known
to
most
as
Young
Thug,
made
a
non-negotiated
plea
in
his
RICO
case.
After
Williams’s
lawyers
and
the
goofballs
who
built
a
weak
case
on
rap
lyrics
and
several
hostile
witnesses
couldn’t
come
to
an
agreement
on
what
his
sentencing
should
be,
the
decision
was
given
to
Judge
Whitaker
to
decide.
NBC
News
has
coverage:
Whitaker
sentenced
him
to
40
years
that
would
have
forced
him
to
serve
five
years
in
prison,
but
she
commuted
it
to
time
served.
In
addition,
he
must
complete
15
years
of
probation,
which
can
result
in
20
years
to
be
served
in
custody
if
probation
is
not
successful.She
put
several
restrictions
on
him,
including
barring
travel
in
metro
Atlanta
and
no
contact
with
affiliated
gang
members,
and
said
he
must
perform
community
service,
including
doing
presentations
to
community
groups
and
children
against
gang
violence.
There
are
a
couple
of
caveats
to
the
no
contact
rule
—
Thugger
can
still
keep
in
touch
with
his
brother
and
recording
artist
Gunna.
Thank
God
for
the
latter;
whatever
album
comes
after
this
extended
sham
of
a
trial
will
be
highly
anticipated.
It
will
also
be
highly
scrutinized.
Not
just
by
Love’s
office
hoping
that
they
can
get
a
second
bite
by
accusing
his
lyrics
of
having
gang
ties,
but
also
by
his
fans.
Jeffrey
is
a
versatile
musician,
but
it
is
unclear
how
drastically
the
content
of
his
art
will
have
to
change
to
keep
in
line
with
his
parole
conditions
and
his
promise
to
be
more
careful
with
the
content
he
puts
out
in
the
world.
There
is
a
lot
to
process
here.
Fifteen
years
of
probation
is
a
hell
of
a
sword
over
your
head,
but
it
is
worlds
better
than
the
25
years
in
prison
and
20
years
of
probation
the
prosecution
wanted.
But
bracketing
that
for
the
moment,
so
much
happened
over
the
last
two
and
a
half
years.
After
Jeffrey
sees
his
family
and
Brian
Steel
gets
his
flowers,
we’re
going
to
have
to
talk
about
all
of
the
stripper
chicken,
mid-court
drug
deals,
and
shitty
lyrical
hermeneutics
that
went
down
here.
It
was
so
bad.
At
one
point,
the
state
tried
to
pin
murderous
intent
on
Jeffrey
over
Nicki
Minaj’s
lyrics!
Thankfully,
this
saga
is
over.
Keep
your
nose
clean,
Mr.
Thugger.
Just
don’t
wipe
it
in
public
for
the
next
15
years.
Earlier:
Desperate
For
Evidence,
Prosecutors
Will
Use
Young
Thug
Lyrics
In
Trial
Chris
Williams
became
a
social
media
manager
and
assistant
editor
for
Above
the
Law
in
June
2021.
Prior
to
joining
the
staff,
he
moonlighted
as
a
minor
Memelord™
in
the
Facebook
group Law
School
Memes
for
Edgy
T14s.
He
endured
Missouri
long
enough
to
graduate
from
Washington
University
in
St.
Louis
School
of
Law.
He
is
a
former
boatbuilder
who
cannot
swim, a
published
author
on
critical
race
theory,
philosophy,
and
humor,
and
has
a
love
for
cycling
that
occasionally
annoys
his
peers.
You
can
reach
him
by
email
at [email protected] and
by
tweet
at @WritesForRent.