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Lil Durk Acquitted in Federal Murder-for-Hire Trial

By Drooid · Sep 12, 2026, 2:04 AM UTC · How we work

Summary

Story summary

Lil Durk was acquitted of all federal murder-for-hire charges in Los Angeles.
A seven-woman, five-man jury returned the not-guilty verdict after a two-week trial.
Co-defendants Deandre Wilson and David Lindsey were convicted of stalking-related offenses.
Durk remains in custody pending a separate, severed racketeering trial.
Prosecutors said Durk ordered a bounty on rapper Quando Rondo and linked him to the Aug. 19, 2022 killing of Saviay’a Robinson.

History

Historical Context

Since RICO’s enactment, prosecutors first applied it to gangs in the late 1970s—e.g., the 1979 Hells Angels case and the 1978 first RICO trial. The LAPD’s CRASH unit later faced the 1999 Rampart scandal. In 1995 the FBI, before Judge James O. Ellis, used RICO to convict 30 Los Angeles gang members and seize $2.5 million, a precedent echoed in Lil Durk’s current trial.

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Story summary

Lil Durk was acquitted of all federal murder-for-hire charges in Los Angeles.
A seven-woman, five-man jury returned the not-guilty verdict after a two-week trial.
Co-defendants Deandre Wilson and David Lindsey were convicted of stalking-related offenses.
Durk remains in custody pending a separate, severed racketeering trial.
Prosecutors said Durk ordered a bounty on rapper Quando Rondo and linked him to the Aug. 19, 2022 killing of Saviay’a Robinson.

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