YNW Melly Double Murder Retrial Gets New Start Date As Judge Grows Tired Of Delays

YNW Melly, and the prosecutors charging him, will begin to select a jury in seven weeks, whether they’re ready or not.Judge John J. Murphy, III has declared that the “Murder On My Mind” rapper’s retrial for the alleged double murder of his crew members YNW Sakchaser and YNW Juvy will begin on March 5 “or as soon thereafter as this [case] may be heard,” according to a document filed last week. The expedited start date comes because Melly “has been in custody for more than 750 days while awaiting trial,” the document makes clear. The rapper was arrested in February 2019 and has seen his retrial pushed back numerous times in recent months.According to reporter Bryson Paul, Judge Murphy “expressed urgency in getting the retrial underway” at a court hearing on Friday (January 12).