NAACP Requesting Help For Corey Miller

NAACP official challenges rap artist's conviction
Posted: Aug 27, 2009 3:29 PM CDT Updated: Aug 27, 2009 3:29 PM CDT

NEW ORLEANS, LA (AP) - The head of the Louisiana NAACP wants the state Supreme Court's chief justice to intervene in the case of rap artist Corey "C-Murder" Miller, who is serving a life prison sentence for killing a youth in a nightclub. KEEP READING

C-Murder Sentenced To Life In Prison

C-Murder gets earful from parents of teenager he is convicted of killing
by Paul Purpura and C.J. Lin, The Times-Picayune
Friday August 14, 2009, 6:24 PM

Barred by a gag order for more than seven years from speaking about the killing of their son, the parents of the Avondale teen shot to death in a Harvey nightclub publicly addressed Corey "C-Murder" Miller for the first time Friday, before the rapper was sentenced to life in prison for murder. KEEP READING

Jury Deadlocked In Corey Miller Murder Trial

05:42 PM CDT on Monday, August 10, 2009

Paul Murphy / Eyewitness News
pmurphy@wwltv.com

NEW ORLEANS – The jury in the murder trial of rapper Corey Miller is having a tough time reaching a verdict, according to a note sent to the judge, but they'll continue deliberating for at least a few more hours or until they come to a consensus. KEEP READING

Corey Miller Jury Selection Update

Bucking attorneys' expectations that selecting jurors could take all week, a jury of eight women and four men was seated Tuesday afternoon for rapper Corey "C-Murder" Miller's retrial, clearing the way for testimony to begin this morning. Keep Reading

11 Jurors Seated In Miller Trial

by Paul Purpura, The Times-Picayune
Monday August 03, 2009, 10:50 PM

Jury selection resumes Tuesday in Corey "C-Murder" Miller's retrial, after attorneys tentatively selected 11 jurors during more than nine hours of questioning Monday that focused on whether pretrial publicity has left them unable to fairly assess the facts of the case.

Miller is charged with second-degree murder in the Jan. 12, 2002, shooting death of Steve Thomas, 16, a fan of the rapper's who was shot in the heart during a fight in the now-closed Platinum Club in Harvey. If convicted of the charge, Miller, 38, will spend the rest of his life in prison. Keep Reading

Corey Miller To Be Retried In Connection With 2002 Killing

The rapper known as C-Murder is set to be retried this week, seven years after a teenager was gunned down in a Harvey nightclub, and three years after his conviction for the crime was tossed out, with attorneys beginning Monday the arduous process of selecting a jury that will decide whether he spends the rest of his life in prison. ...
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