Legal Affairs and Trials with Meghann Cuniff

Legal Affairs and Trials with Meghann Cuniff

Death threats to federal judge won't derail murder-for-hire case against rapper Lil Durk

Defense attorneys argued prosecutors should've disclosed sooner the threatening voicemails received by the magistrate judge who denied Banks' requests for bail.

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Jan 08, 2026
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Rapper Durk “Lil Durk” Banks’ mugshot out of Florida and a surveillance image the prosecutors say shows the hitmen he hired.

A murder-for-hire case against a prominent rap artist could begin in late April after a judge on Wednesday rejected a motion to dismiss the case or recuse the entire Los Angeles federal bench because death threats against the bail …

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