We examine the identity of the judge Shukura Ingram, who will handle the Fani Willis RICO Young Thug case
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’s extensive RICO case against rapper Young Thug and 27 other alleged members of the Young Slime Life gang has been reassigned to a new judge. Judge Shukura Ingram will now preside over the YSL case following the recusal of Judge Ural Glanville, who was removed after ongoing disputes with defense attorneys representing six defendants in the trial.
Who is Shukura Ingram new judge of rapper Young Thug Fani Willis RICO case, bio, education and career
Shukura L. Ingram has been assigned as the new judge in Young Thug’s YSL trial‼️ pic.twitter.com/TMH25uZOnd
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Chuck Boring, former Director of the Judicial Qualifications Commission, informed the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that Ingram will determine whether the YSL case continues and, if it does, how to proceed from where Glanville left off.
Who is Shukura Ingram?
Assuming Glanville’s responsibilities is Ingram, who began her tenure in August 2018 and was reelected in May 2024. Her current term runs until December. Before becoming a Superior Court judge, she served as a magistrate court judge from 2015 to 2018. Notably, Shukura also held roles as assistant district attorney for Fulton County and assistant solicitor for Atlanta’s City Court.
Shukura earned her Bachelor’s degree from Clark Atlanta University and her Juris Doctor from Georgia State University College of Law. Her professional experience includes senior roles at Thomas Kennedy Sampson & Tompkins LLP and as a senior Assistant District Attorney at the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office.
Ingram has also been a senior associate with Thomas Kennedy Sampson & Tompkins, a College Park-based law firm advertises itself as Georgia’s oldest Black-owned law firm and she has also worked as a senior assistant district attorney in the Fulton County district attorney’s office.
Ingram takes over a trial that has surpassed Georgia’s longest jury selection process and one is that approaching the state’s longest in history.
Why Ural Glanville was removed?
Willis originally filed charges against the alleged members of the YSL gang in 2022. Now, after 18 months, this trial has become Georgia’s longest-running legal case. The situation took a significant turn when Superior Court Judge Rachel Krause ordered Glanville’s removal on Monday. This decision followed scrutiny over his private meeting with prosecutors and a state witness.
The controversy intensified when Brian Steel, representing Young Thug (Jeffrey Williams), revealed the meeting last month, accusing prosecutors of witness tampering. Tensions escalated further when Steel refused to disclose how he obtained information from the meeting, resulting in his brief detention for criminal contempt. However, the Georgia Court of Appeals later suspended this sentence.