Florida rapper and would-be death row inmate Jamell “YNW Melly” is in court Friday for a hearing to determine whether he will be allowed to post bail and get out of jail ahead of his retrial on murder charges. Demons, 24, has been in custody since 2019, charged with first-degree murder in the shooting deaths of his friends Christopher “YNW Juvy” Thomas and Anthony “YNW Sakchaser” Williams. Related Articles Crime and Public Safety | YNW Melly was framed in double murder, holdout juror is convinced Crime and Public Safety | YNW Melly murder case ends in mistrial Crime and Public Safety | Miramar Police look into complaint against lead detective in YNW Melly murder case Bail is not guaranteed in first-degree murder cases, but to keep an inmate in custody, prosecutors have to convince a judge of his guilt using a burden of proof prosecutors and defense lawyers in the case described as even higher than “beyond a reasonable doubt,” the standard required to convict. That burden is known in court as “proof evident, presumption great,” and in layman’s terms it means there is no reasonable question of the defendant’s guilt, though he still has a right to a trial by jury. Demons’ lawyers are arguing that he should be entitled to reasonable bail because a jury in July could not even agree that the “reasonable doubt” standard had been met at trial. “Since the jury could not reach a verdict beyond a reasonable doubt, it certainly cannot carry the burden of proof evident, presumption great,” defense lawyer Stuart Adelstein said on Friday. Jamell Demons, better known as rapper YNW Melly, speaks with his attorneys during a bond hearing before Broward Circuit Judge John Murphy on Friday.