C-Murder bought extra unhealthy information on Tuesday. Louisiana’s Supreme Court denied his newest attraction.

The rapper has been preventing his 2009 homicide conviction for 15 years. He’s serving life in prison for killing 16-year-old Steven Thomas at a Harvey nightclub in 2002.

All seven justices voted towards rehearing his case. They stated C-Murder had already used up his appeals.

“Applicant has previously exhausted his right to state collateral review and fails to show that any exception permits his successive filing,” the court docket wrote.

C-Murder is Master P‘s younger brother. He’s 54 years outdated now. He was convicted in 2009 after prosecutors stated he shot Thomas throughout a battle on the Platinum Club.

But the rap star says he didn’t do it. His team claims the real killer is locked up in Georgia. They say this person signed papers confessing to the crime.

Two key witnesses modified their tales in 2018. Kenneth Jordan and Darnell Jordan each stated cops compelled them to lie. They initially pointed to C-Murder because the shooter.

Kenneth Jordan advised attorneys that detectives threatened him. He stated they made him choose C-Murder out of a lineup though he didn’t see who fired the gun.

The witnesses stated police advised them they’d go to jail in the event that they didn’t cooperate. Both males now say the rapper wasn’t the shooter.

C-Murder’s authorized group additionally claims DNA proof was mishandled. They say the investigation had main issues from the beginning.

Courts have rejected these arguments a number of instances. An appellate court docket upheld the conviction in 2011. The state Supreme Court did the identical factor in 2012.

The rapper tried once more with post-conviction appeals. Those bought shot down, too. Tuesday’s ruling was his newest try to get the courts to hear.

The rapper has been preventing extra than simply his case. He’s battled jail situations at Angola for years.

C-Murder went on a hunger strike to protest treatment at the facility. He said guards abused inmates and denied them proper medical care.

“Although, the actual person that fired the gun that night sits in a prison in Georgia and has signed an affidavit with an audio confessing to a separate attorney whom knew nothing of [C-Murder’s] case, stating that he, not [C-Murder], is the one that is responsible for the killing and is not associated with [C-Murder],” his publicist Tammy Page advised AllHipHop in 2018.

C-Murder claimed guards handcuffed him for almost 24 hours in solitary confinement. His fingers swelled so badly that they needed to reduce the cuffs off.

He employed civil rights lawyer Ben Crump to assist with jail situations. The NAACP additionally bought concerned in his case.

Celebrity supporters like Kim Kardashian and Monica have referred to as for his launch. They imagine he’s harmless and deserves a brand new trial.

But the courts maintain saying no. C-Murder has appealed his case by each stage of Louisiana’s justice system.

His conviction got here after a second trial. The first one ended with a hung jury in 2003. Prosecutors tried him once more and bought a responsible verdict six years later.

C-Murder was a part of No Limit Records within the Nineties. He launched a number of albums and had a profitable rap profession earlier than his arrest.

The Supreme Court’s resolution means the rap star will probably spend the remainder of his life behind bars. His authorized choices are working out after 15 years of appeals.

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