BOB GARFIELD: This coming week, the Supreme Court of New Jersey will consider an appeal of a decision in 2008 that found Vonte Skinner guilty of attempted murder. On what evidence? Inconsistent ...

ATLANTA - Should a rapper's lyrics be used against them as evidence in court? That's the question that will be posed to Fulton County Superior Court Judge Ural Glanville in the case against rapper ...

During Young Thug’s RICO trial in Atlanta last week, the rapper’s 2014 track “Lifestyle” was presented as evidence for the jury to hear. Young Thug, whose real name is Jeffrey Williams, is accused of ...

As the New Jersey Supreme Court prepares to take up the case of a rapper charged with attempted murder whose lyrics were used against him during his trial, advocates who decry the practice say it's ...

The trial of Grammy Award-winning rapper Young Thug, real name Jeffery Lamar Williams, began on Monday in Atlanta, Ga. The trial is expected to take months and will be pivotal in shaping how the ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the Decriminalizing Artistic Expression Act into law on Friday. The bill will limit the use of lyrics as evidence in legal proceedings. Advocates of the bill say using lyrics ...

FILE - Young Thug attends a hearing on the YSL case in Atlanta on Dec. 22, 2022. Nearly 10 months after jury selection began, a panel of Georgia citizens was selected Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023, for the ...

Can a criminal defendant's own rap lyrics serve as evidence against him in court? It appears they can be, and the music industry is crying foul. As reported in yesterday's Wall Street Journal, ...

ATLANTA -- Young Thug is a burgeoning rapper known for pushing the envelope, both musically and as a fashion icon. He became an influential voice in his generation of artists -- blowing up on the ...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. – A defendant’s rap lyrics recorded during a detention center phone call were properly admitted as evidence in his murder trial, a Maryland appeals court ruled. The lyrics of the rap ...

ATLANTA (AP) — When rapper Young Thug goes to trial later this month on gang and racketeering charges, prosecutors will be allowed to use rap lyrics as evidence against him, a judge ruled Thursday.