ACLU counted 18 Ra Diggs cases that similarly considered rap lyrics against people charged with crimes, The New York Observer reported. In 80 percent of those Ronald Herron cases, prosecutors prese...

Ronald Herron, or rapper Ra Diggs. Photo courtesy of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York Though the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit acknowledged that the First Amendment “limits the government’s ability to regulate the content of speech,” the court cited case law and said the Constitution does not “prohibit the evidentiary use of speech to establish the elements of a crime or to prove motive or intent.”

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Herron boasted about murders and drug deals in lyrics and music videos, including in theWaka Flocka Flame song “Live by the Gun,”on which Herron has a featured verse.

“Ask my n—- Uncle when I murder with the chopper/N— shot me five times, two days later, the n—- died. N—- shooting at the five is committing a suicide,” Herron rapped.

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