Kim Kardashian’s Prison Reform Work for legal rights

Kim Kardashian is now focusing on helping rapper Master P’s brother, Corey Miller, who has been in prison for more than twenty years. Corey was imprisoned in 2002 for a second-degree murder he claims he didn’t commit, and Kardashian is working to bring attention to his case.

The SKIMS founder took to social media to share Miller’s story and shed light on a new Louisiana law that could possibly grant the incarcerated former rapper a new trial. 

In the post, Kardashian breaks down Louisiana’s new law, Section 926.2, which allows people to submit new factual evidence to prove their innocence.

“I wanted to shed some light on a case that I’ve been working on for years,” Kardashian began to speak. “Corey Miller has spent 21 years in prison for a crime he did not commit, and his conviction is based entirely on the testimony of two men, who the state dragged to trial just on material witness warrants. Those men have now sworn that their prior testimony was untrue.”

She added, “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.”

Kardashian claims that instead of looking for the actual culprit of the crime, the local sheriff’s office focused solely on building a case against 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,” she continued.

In 2009, four months before Mr. Miller’s second trial, Kardashian says Miller’s 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,” Kardashian went on to claim.

“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.”

Despite the lack of a strong defense, Kardashian pointed out that the jury still acknowledged the clear problems with the State’s case, deliberating for more than 24 hours on the matter.