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ATLANTA The judge overseeing the long-running racketeering and gang prosecution against Young Thug and others has been removed from the case after two defendants sought his recusal, citing a meeting the judge held with prosecutors and a state witness.rs..
Fulton County Superior Court Chief Judge Ural Glanville had put the case in Atlanta on hold two weeks ago to give another judge a chance to review the defendants' motions for recusal..
Judge Rachel Krause on Monday granted those motions and ordered the clerk of court to assign the case to a different judge..
While not faulting Glanville for holding the meeting and saying she has no doubt that Judge Glanville can and would continue presiding fairly over this matter, Krause wrote that the necessity of preserving the publics confidence in the judicial system' weighs in favor of excusing Judge Glanville from the case..
Quoting case law, Krause wrote that when a judge discloses information relevant to his potential recusal, he must do so in a way that is as objective, dispassionate, and non-argumentative as possible, so that the judge is not reasonably perceived as a hostile witness or advocate. . Young Thug has been wildly successful since he began rapping as a teenager and he serves as CEO of his own record label, Young Stoner Life, or YSL..
