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AMERICANALMANAC (Alan Benson) - Federal jury acquits rapper Lil Durk in Los Angeles murder-for-hire case, but a second trial looms

A Los Angeles federal jury cleared Grammy-winning Chicago rapper Lil Durk of all charges in an alleged murder-for-hire plot, but federal prosecutors say they will get another chance when his racketeering trial begins in October. Durk Devontay Banks, the 32-year-old rapper known as Lil Durk, walked away from every count against him Friday after three […] The post Federal jury acquits rapper Lil Durk in Los Angeles murder-for-hire case, but a second trial looms appeared first on American Almanac .

A Los Angeles federal jury cleared Grammy-winning Chicago rapper Lil Durk of all charges in an alleged murder-for-hire plot, but federal prosecutors say they will get another chance when his racketeering trial begins in October. Durk Devontay Banks, the 32-year-old rapper known as Lil Durk, walked away from every count against him Friday after three days of jury deliberation, CBS News reported . The charges, conspiracy, stalking resulting in death, and murder for hire, carried a potential life sentence. The jury rejected all of them. The verdict did not end the case entirely. Two co-defendants, Deandre "OTF Dede" Wilson and David "Browneyez" Lindsey, were convicted on stalking-related charges, including conspiracy to commit stalking,…Open

JUSTTHENEWS (Ben Whedon) - DHS brings RICO charges against 26 alleged gang members in Massachusetts

The charges came amid a major bust that saw Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) execute eight search warrants and arrest 24 alleged gang members.

WASHINGTONPOST (Harrison Smith) - Renowned for his legal skills, he took on the mob and investigated JFK’s killing

G. Robert Blakey has died at 90. He drafted RICO, led a government investigation into the Kennedy assassination and later criticized the CIA.

NYTIMES (Richard Sandomir) - G. Robert Blakey Dies at 90; Drafted the RICO Anti-Racketeering Statute

He was also the chief counsel to the House Select Committee on Assassinations in the late 1970s and spent years as a Notre Dame law professor.