Corey “C-Murder” Miller is not only serving a life sentence for the 2002 shooting death of 16-year-old Steven Thomas at a New Orleans nightclub, but now the rapper has been ordered by a Jefferson Parish judge to fork over $1.15 million to the slain teen’s family, according to The New Orleans Advocate.
Judge Glenn Ansardi of 24th Judicial District Court in Gretna, Louisiana had found Miller liable for Thomas’ death in a civil proceeding four years ago. On Wednesday (May 10), Ansardi ordered him to pay $500,000 each to Thomas’ parents, $150,000 for the suffering that Thomas experienced during the hour he lived after the shooting and $4,492 for funeral costs.
Miller has released at least four albums since his 2009 conviction, and one of his most recent offerings, 2016’s Penitentiary Chances, was a collaborative project with Boosie Badazz and prompted the video for “Dear Supreme Court/Under Pressure,” which found him begging the state’s high court to free him.
Miller’s brother, Master P, was vocal in an effort to get former president Barack Obama to pardon Miller, but those attempts failed. It’s unlikely the Thomas family will see any of the money, and their attorney, Trey Mustian, admitted the process could prove to be difficult.
“I think it’s more a vindication of their son than any potential monetary award,” Mustian said. “They wanted to see it through for their son.”
In 2015, two new witnesses came forward claiming Miller wasn’t involved with the shooting. Miller’s defense lawyer, Rachel Conner, also asserts he didn’t get a fair trial and is actively pursuing another hearing.
For now, the maximum-security prison inmate is serving his time at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola for second-degree murder and will presumably continue to fight for his freedom.
Be known to keep them rocks up in da skillet pan!
Me and C murder need to do a podcast and guide the youth to not be dumbasses like us.
150k for an hr of suffering gunshot aftermath. judge must know first hand monetary amount per minute of that.
this is just beating a dead horse now lol his ass been locked up for 15 fuckin years already and now this smh i bet he didn’t “C” this coming
C-Murder Was The Case That They Gave Him
Typical American response. Ur the dogs of hellfire
So this second degree murderer AKA C-Murder is a brother to Master p?, hmm by their faces one can tell that they are high rated murderers in New Orleans.fuck them all
if im in jail for life, why would i pay anything? what do i have to lose or gain by paying
Lol you don’t get to decide that… if he’s releasing music and has any type of revenue under his name, they can take it as part of the judgement until its paid off. His team can fight it obviously, but he essentially has to pay if that doesn’t work
Why free a murderer? Bet if that was your son, you wouldn’t want to free C-Murder.
There is a ton of evidence saying he didn’t do it and he didn’t get a fair trial by any means.
first off he dident kill nobody they just got him cause of his rap name master p knows that