An attorney representing a defendant charged in the YSL Rico trial claims the state is not doing enough to protect folks who are too poor to pay for their own defense.
“This case is slated to last for about a year, and if you were to do the math, it would be six dollars an hour,” defense Attorny Angela D’Wiliams said. “I can’t take any new cases. I can’t close any cases. I need something to survive off of.” D’Williams then goes on to call out the Georgia Public Defender Council, which is the state agency that appointed D’Williams to represent one of the defendants in the YSL trial.
“We were under the impression that GPDC was advocating for us, and once they put those walls up, I’m thinking I need to start an OnlyFans,” D’Williams said. “I asked for additional funds back in March, and that was met with a letter from the director saying she doesn’t need to meet with me anymore, I need to know what she has done to advocate for the appointed counsel in this case.” She continued.
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As we previously reported, Young Thug’s attorney has filed a fourth motion for his client to be released on bond as the rapper faces RICO indictment in Fulton County, Georgia.
Attorney Brian Steel, spoke with ABC news Wednesday and expressed how his client does not pose a risk and should be let out of jail while he waits for his trial to began. “Mr. Williams is not a risk to commit a crime and he’s not a risk to flee the jurisdiction and that’s what bond is about,” Steel said.
Steel also added that Thug is “sleep deprived” after being present in the courtroom during multiple jury selections. Steel says that his client wakes up at 4 a.m or 5 a.m and doesn’t return to the detention center until later in the day and says those long hours after interfering with his ability to get prepared for the trial.
“This indictment is significant because it targets 28 people who decided to become involved in a criminal street gang and really do havoc in our community,” Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, whose office is prosecuting this case, said in a May 10, 2022 press conference announcing the indictment.