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Jam Master Jay Trial: Defense Lawyers Invoke Harry Potter, Ferris Bueller in Closing Argument

The attorneys for two men accused of killing Run-DMC's Jam Master Jay gave closing arguments in a long-running trial on Wednesday.

Ronald Washington, one of the two defendants standing trial for allegedly killing Jam Master Jay, chuckled in court on Wednesday when his attorney, Susan Kellman, invoked Harry Potter in her closing arguments. He cited a statement from Uriel “Tony” Rincon, an eyewitness who was playing video games with Mizell the day he was shot and who took a bullet himself in the leg, claiming that he’d initially described a struggle with an unknown man who fell to the ground. After lunch, prosecutor Mark Misorek offered a rebuttal on behalf of the government, calling the defense attorneys’ claims “pure speculation.” “If you look at the evidence, the answer is clear: Karl Jordan Jr. shot Jason Mizell in the head while Washington stood by the door,” he said.

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