The man who had his murder conviction for Jam Master Jay tossed by a judge is now seeking a $1 million bond to get out of jail.
According to legal documents filed on Jan. 30 and obtained by Complex , 42-year-old Karl Jordan Jr.’s lawyers seek his release while prosecutors appeal the ruling that Judge LaShann DeArcy Hall gave in December to toss the conviction.
Back then, Judge Hall vacated the conviction of Jordan Jr. on the grounds that the prosecutors hadn’t provided sufficient evidence showing he had the motive to kill Jam Master Jay. This decision came almost two years after Jordan was found guilty for Jam Master Jay’s fatal shooting at his recording studio on Oct. 30, 2002.
One eyewitness claimed that Jordan shot Jam Master Jay, who was his godfather. Jordan’s defense team said after the trial that the evidence didn’t support the prosecutor's claims about his motive, so they asked for the verdict to be thrown out and a new trial to be started.
In her decision, Hall wrote, “a review of the trial record reveals that the evidence—direct and circumstantial—purportedly supporting these motives is at most 'meager.'" She argued that the government didn’t prove that Jordan was a part of a drug trafficking conspiracy that resulted in him shooting Jam Master Jay.
Even though his conviction has been overturned, Jordan remains behind bars while he waits for another trial. This one is for unrelated drug charges.
Jordan’s proposed bond would be secured by 17 different family members and friends.
“We are really happy for Mr. Jordan and his family that justice was served,” Jordan’s attorney, John Diaz, said in a statement about the vacated conviction.