C-Murder has quite the legal advocate in Kim Kardashian, but not everyone is happy about the reality star’s involvement in the rapper’s potential release.
George Thomas, who is the brother of murder victim Steve Thomas, told TMZ that Ye’s ex-wife’s advocacy isn’t a fight for justice, in his eyes. Rather, it’s a reminder of all he’s lost.
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Thomas told the outlet that losing his brother, who was only 16 at the time of his murder, is one of the hardest things he’s ever had to go through. He feels that it’s only celebrities that want the ex-No Limit rapper released from prison, and that there was substantial evidence to convict him of the murder back in 2002.
Finally, Thomas reminded the outlet that C-Murder’s conviction was upheld in 2011.
The Keeping Up with the Kardashians star announced back in 2020 that she’d be joining Master P and others to try and free C-Murder, who’s been incarcerated for 21 years after he was convicted of killing 16-year-old Steve Thomas outside a Louisiana nightclub in 2002.
Kim K took to Twitter last week (August 3) to finally share an update on the case, and said that the two men forced to testify against C-Murder have since recanted those testimonies claiming they’re untrue, which means there’s no direct evidence tying C-Murder (real name Corey Miller) to the crime.
“There is no remaining evidence that even suggests that Corey Miller is any more culpable than the hundreds of patrons who were at the Platinum Club on January 12, 2002, when Steve Thomas was tragically shot,” Kim K wrote. “Rather than search for the real perpetrator of the crime, the local sheriff’s office zeroed in on proving a case against Mr. Miller.
“The lead detective harassed multiple witnesses and mishandled the case to such a degree that the trial court had no choice but to grant Mr. Miller a new trial after he was convicted in 2003.”
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She continued: “In 2009, four months before Mr. Miller’s second trial, his attorney attempted to withdraw and complained he had not been paid in years. The new judge refused to allow counsel to withdraw, and Mr. Miller stood trial for a second time with an attorney who made no effort to call favorable witnesses to testify.
“The State’s case was minimal, limited to the now recanted testimony of Darnell and Kenneth Jordan, and rather than call the five defense witnesses who testified at the first trial that Mr. Miller was not the shooter, trial counsel played the audio of their testimony for the jury.
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“Even with the lack of a vigorous defense, the jury recognized obvious issues with the State’s case and deliberated for over 24 hours. After being sequestered overnight, the jury attempted to return a 10-2 verdict, with one juror stating she was only voting guilty ‘under duress.’ The court returned the jury to deliberations and the juror changed her vote from ‘guilty under duress’ to ‘guilty.’
