Vybz Kartel<\/a> and three of his co-defendants were released from Jamaican prison on Wednesday. Back in 2014, the artist was sentenced to life in prison for the 2011 murder of Clive \u201cLizard\u201d Williams, whose body has never been found.<\/p>\n\n\tThe trial was the longest in the island\u2019s history, lasting 65 days. Toward the end of the the proceedings, a juror was suspected of offering bribes to the other jurors, but instead of stopping the trial and launching an investigation, the judge allowed it to continue. Vybz and his co-defendants proclaimed their innocence and fought for years to get the ruling overturned.<\/p>\n
\n\tIn March<\/a>, a London appeals court threw out their murder convictions, citing that allowing the juror accused of bribery to continue serving led to a \u201cmiscarriage of justice.\u201d They then awaited for Jamaican courts to decide whether a new trial would take place.<\/p>\n\n\tThe Jamaican Court of Appeal decided a retrial wasn\u2019t worth the effort and set the four men free. Vybz\u2019s health was also a factor. He suffers from Graves\u2019 Disease and has a heart condition. He wore a bandana around his neck and one as a babushka on his head because his neck is visibly swollen.<\/p>\n\n\n
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