Vybz Kartel, the Jamaican Dancehall legend, is lastly free.
Simply over a decade in the past in March of 2014, the musician was sentenced to life imprisonment for the homicide of Clive ‘Lizard’ Williams. In March of this yr, the convictions had been overturned resulting from juror misconduct.
It was determined earlier this afternoon that Kartel, together with the co-accused Shawn Campbell, Kahira Jones and Andre St. John, wouldn’t face retrial. “Having regard to all concerns the courtroom has taken into consideration, we conclude that the curiosity of justice don’t require a brand new trial to be ordered for the appellants” stated Justice Marva McDonald-Bishop. “We due to this fact make the next order: judgments and verdicts of acquittal are entered in relation to the appellants.”
Poetically, this comes only a day earlier than Jamaican Emancipation Day, a week-long celebration which culminates with Jamaican Independence Day.
It’ll be a sight to see when he performs for the primary time, or begins collaborating with massive names who’ve been campaigning for his freedom all of those years.
