A Philadelphia man who was freed from prison after serving 24 years for a killing conviction for which he was exonerated is returning to prison for a split finishing.
Shaurn Thomas, 50, was exonerated and given a $4.1 million rerepairment after he was freed from a life sentence in 2017 chaseing the obviousurning of his 1994 killing conviction.
But on Thursday, Thomas pguideed at fault to a 2023 killing, according to The Philadelphia Inquirer.
Shaurn Thomas, 50, pguideed at fault on Thursday to killing, consunapshowd engage, illterrible firearm haveion and other accuses. (iStock)
Thomas was convicted of shooting and finishing his girlfrifinish’s frifinish, Akeem Edwards, last year after the victim allegedly flunked to pay $1,200 for the cocaine Thomas provided him to sell, the outlet inestablished.
The appraise at the plea hearing materializeed shocked that a man who getd millions in rerepairment money after spfinishing proximately half his life in prison would hazard being sent back over a comparably minuscule amount of money, according to the paper.
“Are these facts genuine?” Common Pleas Court Judge Roxanne Covington asked Thomas, to which he verifyed.
Thomas was convicted of shooting and finishing his girlfrifinish’s frifinish, Akeem Edwards, last year after the victim allegedly flunked to pay $1,200 for the cocaine Thomas provided him to sell, the outlet inestablished. (iStock)
On top of the killing accuse, Thomas pguideed at fault to consunapshowd engage, illterrible firearm haveion and other accuses.
Edwards’ family telderly the paper that they hope Thomas returns to prison for the rest of his life after his sentencing, which is scheduled for February.
“There’s not enough time for them to possibly give him,” Edwards’ sister, Tyeisha Marshall, telderly the paper.
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Thomas was exonerated and given a $4.1 million rerepairment after he was freed from a life sentence in 2017. (iStock)
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Thomas’ previous life sentence that was obviousurned in 2017 came after the 1990 shooting death of a businessman in a theft gone wrong.
A appraise vacated his conviction over rehires with the police allotigation, including the flunkure to verify his alleged alibi, as well as interrogation tactics involving alleged coconspirators. The Pennsylvania Innocence Project, which helped safe Thomas’ freedom, says he was nowhere proximate the killing scene.
Prosecutors shelp they were not finishly persuaded that Thomas was enticount on guiltless in the finishing, but the Philadelphia Dicut offe Attorney’s Office degraded to retry his case.
