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YNW Melly requests to be released again after being in jail for seven years. On Wednesday (March 25), Melly's new legal team filed a motion to set a bond in Broward County, Fla., court. The Florida rapper's attorneys argue that Melly is being held in dehumanizing conditions, having been in solitary confinement since December of 2021. They also say he hasn't been able to see visitors for the past four years, with those privileges, along with his ability to use the phone, being revoked in 2022. "In this case, [YNW Melly] is entitled to an evidentiary hearing for bond reconsideration due to changes in circumstances, and the emergence of additional evidence not previously considered by either this Court or the predecessor judge," the filing reads. This is Melly's fourth attempt at securing a bond since he was arrested in February of 2019 and charged with double-murder in connection to the killing of his childhood friends Christopher “YNW Juvy” Thomas and Anthony “YNW Sakchaser” Williams in October of 2018. Melly's first trial ended in a mistrial in 2023. He is scheduled to be retried in January of 2027. XXL has reached out to YNW Melly's attorney for comment.