Man seeks to be freed after his conviction was tossed in Jam Master Jay murder case

A man whose conviction was recently thrown out in the killing of hip-hop luminary Jam Master Jay is asking to go free on a $1 million bond while prosecutors appeal, and he continues facing unrelated drug charges. Since a judge scrapped Karl Jordan Jr.'s murder conviction in the death of the Run-DMC turntable ace, “there are seismic changes in circumstances warranting Mr. Jordan's release,” his attorneys, led by John Diaz, wrote in a court filing Friday. Prosecutors declined to comment.