Kim Kardashian pledges to free rapper C-Murder from prison as 'new evidence' is discovered

Kim Kardashian has announced she is looking to free rapper C-Murder from his life sentence.

The 49-year-old rapper, whose real name Corey Miller, was convicted of murdering teenager Steve Thomas in 2002.

Miller, who is the brother of rapper Master P, has always maintained his innocence – and now, new evidence has come to light suggesting he may have been a victim of a miscarriage of justice.

Kardashian, 39, took to social media over the weekend to inform her 66.4 million followers of the case, providing some insight into potential “new evidence”.

“On January 18, 2002 a tragedy occurred when a young man was killed. The next day Corey Miller was arrested for the murder,” she explained, with the accompanying hashtag Free Corey Miller.

“The jury convicted Corey 10-2 and he was sentenced him to life in prison. If his trial was today, the jury would have had to be unanimous for him to be convicted.”

Kardashian then explained since Miller’s original conviction “witnesses have recanted, new evidence of his potential innocence has come to light, and there are claims of jurors being pressured into voting to convict.”

She continued: “True justice for the young man requires that the person who actually killed him be held responsible and that Corey Miller he returned home to his kids.”

Kardashian also paid tribute to Steve Thomas, who died age just 16.

“My heart goes out to the family of Steve Thomas,” she said. “I can only imagine how hard this is and my intention is never to open up this painful wound but to help find the truth behind this tragedy.”

Kardashian’s tweet comes as C-Murder’s ex, Monica Denise, revealed she was working with the Keeping Up With the Kardashians star.

“I spoke to Kim Kardashian and I explained why I knew Corey was innocent,” she wrote on Instagram.

“I shared that there are lots of issues in Corey’s case that speak to his innocence including witnesses recanting their testimony, DNA not matching and a 10-2 jury!

“Corey deserves to come home to his girls and be the father they need, be the artist & leader he’s always been as well as spread hope to those who have also experienced this."

The case would just be one of many Kardashian has brought to international attention after beginning her four-year apprenticeship with a San Francisco law firm in 2018.

The star, who does around 18 hours of legal work each week, has met with President Donald Trump in order to discuss criminal reform.