It’s been lower than a month for the reason that long-overdue trial of Jam Grasp Jay’s alleged killers started in a courtroom of regulation in New York Metropolis. And it looks like a verdict will quickly come as closing arguments within the case had been heard Tuesday (Feb. 20).
In accordance with Uncooked Story, prosecutors advised an nameless jury that the long-lasting Hip-Hop legend (born Jason William Mizel) was murdered by the defendants as a part of a drug deal that went awry, which led to Ronald Washington and the alleged shooter, Karl Jordan Jr., gunning down Jam Grasp Jay in his music studio in Queens on Oct. 30, 2002. Whereas nobody knew who or why anybody would homicide a Hip-Hop icon like Jay in chilly blood, ultimately it appears to have been tied to a drug deal that went left after Jay tried to chop each males out of a deal he was finishing.
Uncooked Story experiences:
“This case is just not difficult,” stated assistant US legal professional Artie McConnell in delivering the federal government’s closing arguments, which adopted some three weeks of witness testimony, together with from alleged eyewitnesses, associates and regulation enforcement.
“It’s about greed, it’s about cash, it’s about jealousy,” the prosecutor stated earlier than spending roughly two hours reiterating the timeline of occasions and net of alleged actors and witnesses for the jury.
The prosecution alleges that as a part of a drug deal dispute, Jordan — the slain musician’s godson — shot a 40-caliber bullet into Mizell’s head, as Washington held others within the room again at gunpoint.
Jam Grasp Jay was solely 37 years outdated.
As to why Jay received concerned within the drug recreation, prosecutors stated that the music icon received on the street recreation to not solely assist the life-style that he constructed for himself, however to additionally preserve lives of these near him because the royalties he was incomes from his profession had started to dry up.
Now that prosecutors have had their say within the case, protection attorneys for Jordan and Washington will ship their rebuttal to the accusation Wednesday (Feb. 21), and do what they will to assist their shoppers keep away from a prolonged jail time period.
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