Reddit Discussions: Why Is Rapper Gunna In Jail? Arrest, Racketeering Charges & Case Details

Rapper Gunna was arrested along with Young Thug on RICO charges in Atlanta.  VICE, the Fulton County District Attorney’s office alleges Gunna of several charges like murders, armed robbery, assault, and commonly known as RICO violation.

They provided five homes, $750,000 in collateral, and round-the-clock guards. An attorney explained to VICE why even that was insufficient to release them on bond.

Both rappers, who the prosecution claims are high-ranking members of the “criminal street gang” YSL, requested release on bond from a Fulton County court, but both requests were rejected—a strict and unusual action for the court to take.

The judge was persuaded by prosecutors that if Young Thug and Gunna were released, they may threaten, hurt, or even murder potential witnesses who might testify against them. They currently appear to be going to jail until their trial, which is scheduled to start in January 2023, according to vice.com.

Steven Sadow, the head of Gunna’s legal team, refuted that Gunna held a “command position” within YSL and highlighted that he hasn’t been charged with any violent crimes.

Gunna proposed putting up $750,000 in collateral in addition to his three personal residences and two additional that belonged to his parents. And both men consented to the monitoring of all of their electronic communications.

However, none of that has succeeded in persuading a judge to release them on bail thus far. Chris Timmons, a former prosecutor who has litigated and provided advice on numerous RICO cases in Georgia, was contacted by VICE to get a sense of whether that would change.

He offered his opinion on Young Thug and Gunna’s options moving forward and the likelihood that they will be granted bond before heading to trial.

Chris Timmons on the rejection of bail said that the intimidation of witnesses was undoubtedly the main element, according to the judge’s ruling. The judge deemed the state’s evidence of witness intimidation to be credible and as a result, rejected the state’s request for release.

On the other hand, Reddit is now discussing an issue taking mentioning Kim Kardashian’s tweet to ‘free Gunna’. Fans are supposing that Kim’s tweet may help to take out Gunna from jail.

It is unsure about where the case will go but Gunna also seems to have more courage of getting out of imprisonment.

Young Thug, Gunna, and 26 other people were charged by an Atlanta grand jury on Monday for allegedly being members of YSL, also known as “Young Slime Life,” which the government referred to as a “criminal street gang.” They were arrested on May 11, 2022.

To “enhance the reputation, power, and territory” of YSL, members have committed murder, armed robbery, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, and a long list of other crimes since 2013.

Allegations of RICO i.e. Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act violations have been made against every one of the 28 defendants listed in the indictment in Georgia.

Both Gunna and Thug are currently being imprisoned in the Fulton County jail following their arrests. They are trying their best to get out of the case.

The federal RICO law, which was created to aid prosecutors in the fight against organized crime and the dismantling of groups like the Mafia, is comparable to the RICO Act of Georgia.

It enables prosecutors to file charges against people who may not have directly committed a crime but were incidentally associated with one. A RICO conviction in Georgia carries a minimum sentence of five years and a maximum sentence of twenty.