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C-Murder to lose lawyer because of financial trouble
By CMU Editorial | Published on Wednesday 22 April 2009
US hip hop star C-Murder is in serious financial trouble, according to reports. The rapper’s long term lawyer, Ron Rakosky, has announced that he wishes to withdraw as Miller’s attorney because he’s owed hundreds of hours worth of legal fees.
As previously reported, C-Murder, born Corey Miller and these days more usually known as C-Miller, was convicted of the killing of sixteen year old Steve Thomas during a 2002 altercation in a Louisiana club and sentenced to life in prison. It was Rakosky who successfully got that conviction overturned in March of 2006, after proving that prosecutors has expunged the record of some of their witnesses to boost their credibility. But now the lawyer says he’s owed monies dating back three years and has, as a result, asked the court to remove him from the second murder trial, which is scheduled to begin on 3 Aug.
Reports suggest that Miller’s need for cash may also get him sent back to prison, as prosecutors claim that his fund-raising website proclaims his innocence, which he’s not allowed to do, according to a gag order.
Miller writes on www.coreymillerinnocencefund.com: “Let me finally take a moment to personally thank all of you for the outpour of love and support you have given me in the past seven difficult years, due to postponements and red tape. When justice is delayed, then justice has been denied. Had this faulty justice system been as slow arresting me as they have been in validating my innocence, it would’ve known they had ‘the wrong man’. As the evidence shows, ‘ I am innocent!…As my day in court approaches, my family and I pray and are confident I will be acquitted and cleared of all alleged incidents. When that day finally comes, we’ll be looking forward to celebrating with you in prayer”.
