Man seeks to be freed after his conviction was tossed in Jam Master Jay murder case| India News
NEW YORK — A man whose conviction was recently thrown out in the killing of hip-hop luminary Jam Master Jay is asking to go free on a $1 million bond while prosecutors appeal, and he continues facing unrelated drug charges. Man seeks to be freed after his conviction was tossed in Jam Master Jay murder case Since a judge scrapped Karl Jordan Jr.’s murder conviction in the death of the Run-DMC turntable ace, “there are seismic changes in circumstances warranting Mr. Jordan’s release,” his attorneys, led by John Diaz, wrote in a court filing Friday. Prosecutors declined to comment. There’s no date yet for a hearing on Jordan’s bond proposal, which includes electronic monitoring. Jordan and co-defendant Ronald Washington were convicted in 2024 of the killing, which stunned the music world and stymied authorities for nearly two decades. Then U.S. District Judge LaShann DeArcy Hall ruled on Dec. 19 that there wasn’t enough evidence to support Jordan’s federal murder conviction. She overturned the jury’s verdict against Jordan and acquitted him, while upholding Washington’s conviction. Jam …

