Federal judge in Brooklyn voids conviction of man found guilty of murdering Jam Master Jay ^0%

Gothamist - By Giulia Heyward - 12/19/2025, 9:48 PM

A federal judge in Brooklyn overturned the conviction of one of the two men found guilty of murdering Jason Mizell, also known as Jam Master Jay, the DJ behind the legendary Queens-based hip-hop group Run-DMC. The ruling comes nearly two years after the same federal judge presided over a trial in which a jury found Karl Jordan Jr. guilty... more