Reggae DJ Plans Holiday Performance After 13 Years in Prison

Vybz Kartel, 48, has an incredible sense of resilience that helped him survive 13 years in prison, according to a mental health professional. Kartel was released from a Jamaican prison on July 31 and already has plans to perform again in Jamaica on New Year’s Eve. The popular dance hall deejay was arrested in 2011 and by 2014, was sentenced to 35 years in prison after being convicted for murdering a Jamaican entrepreneur whose body was never found. The trial that convicted Kartel was called into question after a claim that a juror was compromised. The Jamaican justice system subsequently overturned Kartel’s conviction on appeal....