YNW Melly, born Jamell Demons, was denied bond for a second time in his long-delayed double murder case. Judge Martin Fein ruled on May 6 that the rapper must remain behind bars ahead of his retrial.
Demons has spent more than seven years incarcerated without a verdict. His attorneys Drew Findling and Carey Haughwout said the court should have been troubled by evidence of inhumane conditions, including three years in solitary confinement while he is presumed innocent. They described the treatment as cruel and extreme and expressed outrage at the conditions imposed.
