"Ronald Washington and Karl Jordan Jr, the alleged shooter, were found guilty on all counts and convicted of murdering the rapper, whose legal name was Jason Mizell and who rose to fame as a producer and founding member of the 1980s hip-hop group Run-DMC. Mizell and his Run-DMC bandmates helped usher rap into the music mainstream in the 1980s with such hits as It's Tricky and a cover of Aerosmith's Walk This Way off the best-selling 1986 album Raising Hell."
"Prosecutors said the case took many years to solve because witnesses were reluctant to cooperate with investigators for fear of retribution. They argued in court that Jordan and Washington conspired to kill Mizell, who operated as a middleman, after he cut them out of the Baltimore drug deal. However, Judge DeArcy Hall found that prosecutors presented no evidence that Jordan had been cut out"
A judge granted a rare judgment of acquittal for Karl Jordan Jr., overturning his murder conviction in the 2002 killing of Jason Mizell (Jam Master Jay), finding prosecutors failed to prove their case against him. Co-defendant Ronald Washington’s plea for acquittal was denied and his conviction stands. Jordan and Washington had been found guilty in February 2024 on federal murder charges tied to narcotics trafficking. Prosecutors said Mizell was shot in his New York City studio on October 30, 2002, over a dispute tied to a Baltimore cocaine distribution deal. The judge found insufficient evidence that Jordan had been cut out.
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