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Dancehall Artist Vybz Kartel’s Murder Conviction Overturned


Jamaican dancehall star Vybz Kartels' 2014 murder conviction was overturned a decade after his guilty verdict in 2014.

Vybz Kartel poses for a photo backstage during MTV's Tempo network launch celebration October 16, 2005 in St. Mary, Jamaica. Exactly a decade after Jamaican dancehall star Vybz Kartel was found guilty of murder for the killing of Clive “Lizard” Williams, the musician’s conviction was overturned on Thursday, according to a report from Reuters. Kartel, whose real name is Adidja Palmer, appealed his conviction to the Privy Council in London last month, arguing that attempts to bribe jurors on the trial tainted the case.

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