C-Murder was convicted of shooting Steve Thomas in 2003, but the case ended in a retrial after additional evidence about the witnesses surfaced. It was found that the prosecutors had withheld information about their criminal background.
Miller continued making music while under house arrest until an attempted murder trial began in 2009. He was found guilty and sentenced to 10 years in prison.
However, things got complicated after the murder retrial began later that year. Some of Miller's associates were accused and charged of witness tampering and a bouncer who was at the Platinum Club on the night of the shooting testified against Miller.
The jury eventually gave the verdict that Miller was guilty, and he was sentenced to life in prison on August 11.
Miller continued proclaiming his innocence and fighting for his freedom, even when locked up. At the start of 2018, he went on a hunger strike to protest the inhumane conditions at the Angola State Prison.
Miller's hunger strike lasted for three weeks, and his brother Master P later updated the public about his conditions.
I went to visit my brother in Angola Prison, he’s in good spirit. He told me that he wants to use his case and his life to help other young men not have to go through the unnecessary injustice that he’s been through.
Master P also added that he had faith his brother would be released, stating that a man had come forward and confessed. He also shared that a videotape from the club had not been used as evidence.
