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Rapper Lil Durk Acquitted in Federal Murder-for-Hire Trial

Hindustan Times53m
THE BRIEF
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Rapper Lil Durk, legally known as Durk Banks, was found not guilty on all federal charges by a jury on Friday, September 11, following a multi-week trial.

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Banks was cleared of charges including conspiracy and murder-for-hire resulting in death over a 2022 shooting near the Beverly Center in Los Angeles.

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Defense attorneys successfully argued that Banks was not in Los Angeles during the incident and that no evidence linked him to financial transactions or ordering the attack.