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Judge nixes conviction of one of two men found guilty of killing Run-DMC’s Jam Master Jay
The conviction was voided due to insufficient evidence of a drug-related motive, while co-defendant Ronald Washington’s conviction was upheld, the judge ruled.
- 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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Conviction tossed in Jam Master J murder case, as judge finds prosecutors didn’t establish motive
The murder conviction of Karl Jordan Jr. in Jam Master Jay's 2002 slaying was thrown out Friday by Brooklyn Federal Judge Lashawn DeArcy Hall, who said prosecutors didn’t prove that the murder was drug-related.
·New York, United States
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