Overview
- All seven justices rejected his latest application on Feb. 3, citing rules that bar successive state post‑conviction filings.
- Miller, 54, is serving a life sentence for a 2009 second‑degree murder conviction in the 2002 killing of 16‑year‑old Steven Thomas at a Harvey nightclub.
- His recent petition relied on 2018 recantations by witnesses Kenneth and Darnell Jordan and on claims of mishandled DNA evidence.
- Supporters point to a purported affidavit and audio from a Georgia inmate claiming responsibility, assertions courts have not credited.
- Louisiana appellate courts previously upheld the conviction in 2011 and 2012, and any federal bid would face steep hurdles given the weight courts place on recantations.