In an unique report from VladTV, it has actually been validated that a federal judge has actually rejected a movement to dismiss the murder charges versus the 2 guys implicated of killing Jam Master Jay in 2002. It has actually likewise been chosen by the judge that the 2 guys will not be attempted individually in the 2 decade-long case.
U.S. District Judge LaShann DeArcy Hall declined the movements by Karl Jordan Jr. and Ronald Tinard Washington’s defense lawyer, in which they argued that that federal district attorneys intentionally waited 12 years to charge the guys, including that attempting the 2 guys in one trial would bias the jury by default.
Both Washington and Jordan are implicated of getting in JMJ’s tape-recording studio in Jamaica, Queens on October 30, 2002 and shot the famous DJ for Run-D.M.C. execution-style in front of a host of witnesses. According to Judge Hall’s 17-page judgment, the murder was presumably over a multi-kilo drug offer spoiled.
Hall did consent to sever 8 drug trafficking counts versus Jordan, which declared he conspired to offer drug from 2016 to 2020. Prosecutors have actually declared those charges are an outcome of an undercover operation however that they connect to the intention behind Jam Master Jay’s eliminating and include a lot of the very same witnesses as the murder charge.
Washington and Jordan both declare their innocence will be shown at trial, with both lawyers arguing the guys’s alibis and in Washington’s case, his defense has actually been kept personal from the general public and the judge’s ruling explains Washington’s preliminary defense has actually been edited.
Washington’s lawyer likewise pointed out a sentencing records in a 2006 heist case versus Washington, where district attorneys stated they might reveal Washington killed both Jam Master Jay and Live Squad rap artist Stretch, who was assassinated in Queens in 1995 on the one year anniversary of the Tupac break-in and shooting in Quad Studios. The defense declares that district attorneys intentionally waited to charge Washington with the JMJ murder in order to position the defense at a downside.
“It appears contrary to factor that the Government would postpone an indictment on a murder charge versus Jordan and Washington—running the risk of loss of witnesses and other proof—on the hope that it may 12 years later on bring added fees versus Jordan,” composed Judge Hall.