C-Murder’s Wrongful Conviction Appeal Denied, Lawyers Reportedly Planning To Challenge Ruling

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C-Murder’s Wrongful Conviction Appeal Denied, Lawyers Reportedly Planning To Challenge Ruling

Incarcerated rapper C-Murder won’t be getting released from jail anytime soon.

Reportedly, the musician’s latest appeal to overturn his lifelong prison sentence was recently denied by a court judge, who ruled he failed to prove his innocence.

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U.S. District Judge Sarah S. Vance reportedly handed down the ruling on the 13th of this month. In her documentation explaining the decision, the government official reportedly wrote that C-Murder, real name Corey Miller, 52, had to:

“put forth clear and convincing evidence of error in the state courts’ findings of fact,”

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Adding:

“which he has failed to do.”

The New Orleans native, who has already served nearly 22 years, was given life in prison back in 2009 for the fatal shooting of 16-year-old Steve Thomas. The young man was reportedly struck by a bullet at the Platinum Club in New Orleans in January 2002 around 1 a.m., where C-Murder was present. Reportedly, two key eyewitness testimonies led to C-Murder’s guilty conviction. One reportedly came from a security guard named Darnell Jordan who testified that he witnessed a flash come from the “Second Chance” rapper’s hand, and another from a club worker who testified that celebrities were allowed to go around the metal detectors. The second testimony, which came from a man named Kenneth Jordan, also identified C-Murder as the shooter in a photo line-up.

However, in 2018 both witnesses reportedly recanted their statements. The pair claimed that they named C-Murder as the shooter due to pressure from authorities. It seems the rapper’s lawyers have been working on his appeal since. Over the years, the hip hop star has garnered support for his release from several civil rights organizations such as the NAACP, as well as from a number of celebs, including his longtime love Monica, and billionaire Kim Kardashian, who was been championing for his release since 2020.

The judge reportedly ruled that the signed recantations from the men, however, were “suspect and not reliable,” as they previously identified C-Murder as the gunman on multiple occasions. According to reports, the musician’s attorneys are planning to appeal the ruling in a higher court.

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