Judge Splits Lil Durk Racketeering Charges From Murder-for-Hire Trial
A federal judge has ruled that newly added racketeering charges against rapper Lil Durk will be tried separately from his upcoming federal murder-for-hire case, handing the Chicago artist a partial legal victory weeks before his scheduled trial. U.S. District Judge Michael W. Fitzgerald ruled that prosecutors may not combine the recently filed racketeering allegations with…