Overview
- Jordan’s lawyers filed a motion seeking release on a $1 million bond, proposing electronic monitoring, with no hearing date set.
- U.S. District Judge LaShann DeArcy Hall overturned Jordan’s murder conviction on Dec. 19, finding the record did not establish a motive, but upheld co-defendant Ronald Washington’s conviction.
- Prosecutors are appealing the acquittal, keeping Jordan in custody as the case moves to the appellate stage.
- Jordan remains jailed on separate federal drug charges to which he has pleaded not guilty, and both sides have signaled openness to plea discussions.
- Defense filings note Jordan was stabbed 18 times in Brooklyn’s federal jail last February, and the court acknowledged the harm in recent remarks.