US EditionJudge nixes conviction of one of two men found guilty of killing Run-DMC’s Jam Master Jay
Brooklyn federal judge ruled prosecutors failed to prove Karl Jordan Jr.'s drug-related motive in the 2002 murder of Jam Master Jay, overturning his 2024 conviction.
- On Dec. 19, U.S. District Judge LaShann DeArcy Hall granted Karl Jordan Jr.'s acquittal on the murder charges, overturning his conviction in Jason Mizell's killing.
- Judge Hall wrote that the government's drug-related motive theories were impermissibly speculative and lacked proof tying Karl Jordan Jr. to the alleged motive.
- Over a trial that heard more than 30 witnesses, jurors convicted Karl Jordan Jr. and Ronald Washington after an eyewitness testified Jordan shot Mizell in Mizell's Queens recording studio.
- The judge refused to grant relief to Ronald Washington, leaving his conviction intact, while Karl Jordan Jr.'s acquittal can be appealed by federal prosecutors and he remains jailed on separate drug charges.
- The reversal marks another unexpected turn in a high-profile investigation that began with Jason Mizell's Oct. 30, 2002 killing, a cold case with ongoing prosecutions involving additional suspects.
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Judge overturns murder conviction in killing of Run-DMC’s Jam Master Jay
A judge Friday voided the conviction of one of the two men found guilty of the 2002 killing of Run-DMC star Jam Master Jay, ruling that there wasn’t enough evidence that the man had a motive to kill the hip-hop luminary.
In October 2002, the Run DMC band member Jam Master Jay was shot in his recording studio. Therefore, for more than 20 years, the scene has been occupied by a verdict. Now it has been abrogated by a judge.
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The defendant Karl Jordan Jr. was acquitted for lack of evidence for a motive, but the verdict against co-defendant Ronald Washington was confirmed.
The case has occupied the rap scene for two decades: after the death of Run DMC member Jam Master Jay, there has been little progress for years. Now a defendant has been acquitted in spite of the existing sentence.
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