RadioOnFire.com - Update: Jefferson Parish Prosecutors in Corey "C-Murder" Miller's case are trying to block efforts of freeing the No Limit rapper after two witnesses in the case have recanted their testimony.
Both witnesses, who previously helped convict Miller in the 2002 nightclub shooting death of 16-year-old Steve Thomas, are being represented by Miller's defense attorney. One witness, Kenneth Jordan, claims that the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office threatened to charge him with the death of his infant son if he didn't point the finger at Miller being the shooter.
More details to come.
Source: Louisiana Weekly
Kenneth Jordan, one of two key witnesses who identified Corey "C-Murder" Miller as the person who shot 16-year-old Steve Thomas at a club in 2002, recanted his testimony. Jordan said he was pressured into identifying Miller as the shooter by the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office detectives with the threat of a criminal charge over the death of his newborn daughter; the baby's mother was later found guilty of killing the child. In the June 23 affidavit, Jordan says a dark complected man wearing a hoodie was the person who fired the fatal shot killing Thomas.
Jordan stated in an affidavit, “I was distraught and scared. JPSO officers told me that if I testified against Corey Miller I could ‘go home’; they told me what to say; they fed me facts about the fight and details about the DJ and the dance party, none of which I really knew.”
Now, Miller's lawyer, Paul Barker, is arguing that the rapper should be granted another hearing and ultimately released. Barker added that Jordan was recorded telling JPSO officers that he didn't want to lie about Miller's involvement in 2003, and the information was never given to Miller's legal team.
In an upcoming episode of ID's "Reasonable Doubt," which will take a look at Miller's case, the club's bouncer, Darnell Jordan, seems to recant his previous statement as well. Darnell supported Kenneth Jordan's claims that Miller was the shooter during his second trial. However, in the upcoming ID show, he said that he grabbed Miller during a fight at the club before the shooting, exposing his waistband, which showed he didn't have a gun as previously claimed.
Miller was convicted on a 10-2 vote, and last year a Jefferson Parrish judge ordered the rapper to pay Thomas' family $1.15 million.
If Kenneth Jordan takes the stand to recant his statement about Miller being the killer, he could face five to 40 years in prison on perjury charges.
Source: The Advocate
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