Deliberations are underway in the double murder trial of rapper Jamell “YNW Melly” Demons, the Miramar rapper accused of the apparently unprovoked murders of two of his friends after an overnight recording session in Fort Lauderdale in 2018.
Defense lawyer Stuart Adelstein blasted the prosecution’s case in his closing, arguing that investigators failed to consider other possible suspects, never recovered the gun that was used in the shooting, and exaggerated the defendant’s alleged connection to gangs.
But prosecutor Kristine Bradley struck the same notes in her closing that she first emphasized in her opening three weeks ago, reminding jurors that the shots that killed Anthony “YNW Sakchaser” Williams and Christopher “YNW Juvy” Thomas came from inside the Jeep where they died, from the seat where, by every account, Demons was sitting.
