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Two New York state lawmakers are set to unveil new legislation this week aimed at making it harder for prosecutors to introduce rap lyrics as evidence in criminal trials, Rolling Stone has learned.
He’s getting a second chance to beat the rap. A Brooklyn man convicted of helping a killer pull off a 2016 shooting will get a new trial, after a state appeals court ruled that the judge in the case ...
The ruling, which said a prosecution expert had merely "guessed" about what the lyrics meant, came amid a nationwide debate about rap in criminal cases. By Bill Donahue Brooklyn prosecutors shouldn’t ...
"The portrayal of rap lyrics as literal expressions of criminal intent ignores the longstanding tradition of adopting personas, exaggeration, and hyperbole for artistic effect," writes the NJLJ Young ...
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The John Adams Courthouse in Boston, home of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. (Photo by Swampyank from Wikipedia Commons via Courthouse News Service) BOSTON (CN) — Rap lyrics that a defendant ...
Meek Mill has given his two cents on the issue of rap lyrics being used as evidence in Young Thug and YFN Lucci's respective court cases and claimed every rapper shares verses. The Dream Chasers boss ...
BENTONVILLE --Reese Sullivan's alter-ego landed him in jail recently by rapping with lyrics police considered threatening, his attorney said. Ken Paulsen, director of the Free Speech Center at Middle ...
A judge ruled that rap lyrics can be used as evidence against rapper Young Thug when he goes to trial later this month on gang and racketeering charges. Fulton County Superior Court Chief Judge Ural ...