A Jam Master Jay murder verdict has been reached, with a jury finding two men guilty in the 2002 murder of the Run-DMC rapper at his recording studio.
A federal jury in Brooklyn on Tuesday found two New York City men guilty in the 2002 murder ofThe convictions came after prosecutors called more than 30 witnesses to the stand to prove their case, in which they accused Jordan and Washington of killing the rapper as payback after he cut them out of a cocaine deal. The defense called just one witness of their own: an expert on memory.said during his closing arguments last week. “It’s about greed, it’s about money, it’s about jealousy.
“More than two decades after they killed Jason Mizell in his recording studio, Jordan and Washington have finally been held accountable for their cold-blooded crime driven by greed and revenge,” Peace said.” McDaniels, is widely credited as one of the most influential early acts in hip-hop history. The trio’s 1985 release,Jay’s shocking killing, on Oct.
As is common in criminal cases, neither Washington nor Jordan testified in their own defense. Their attorneys called only an expert witness to testify on human memory, who told the jury that memories can fade and change over time and can be affected by stress.
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