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MAN PREVIOUSLY WRONGFULLY CONVICTED SENT BACK TO PRISON AFTER SHOCKINGLY TRUE CONFESSION

Published: 2024-12-09 18:55:29 Last Updated: 2024-12-10 15:22:41

A man who was incarcerated for 24 years after his false murder conviction was overturned has been sent back to prison, where he will remain for the rest of his life. When the case went unsolved, they started to blame Shaurn Thomas for the robbery and shooting death of 78-year-old Puerto Rican businessman Domingo Martinez in November 1990.
Despite having a strong alibi to show that he couldn't have committed the murder, 20-year-old Thomas was wrongfully convicted of the crime and given a life sentence without the possibility of parole in December 1994, four years later. Thomas was already in a juvenile jail when the murder occurred, according to the Innocence Project, and he wasn't released until later that day after Martinez had already been killed. Thanks to the Innocence Project, Thomas was ultimately found not guilty in 2017 at the age of 43. The city of Philadelphia also awarded him a substantial $4.1 million settlement.
According to ABC News, he stated at the time: "I have no ill will toward anyone. For what purpose? Life isn't long enough for that. You cannot regain it. I simply keep going. Although it was a tragedy for me, I'm fairly certain that I'm not alone. However, six years later, he hired one of his girlfriend's childhood friends to sell drugs for him on the street, suggesting that the money didn't go very far.
By January 3, 2023, Akeem Edwards had stolen $1,200 worth of cocaine from Thomas to sell for him, but he had never given him the money.

The millionaire spotted the 38-year-old and leapt out of the car while he and his girlfriend, Ketra Veasy, who he met through former prisoners, were in the neighbourhood. After hearing gunshots, Veasy remembered that Thomas had told her, "He's hit, he's down, just drive," before jumping back into the car and placing his gun in his waistband. Veasy described how Thomas confessed to killing someone previously during the drive back to their Delaware home.

"He said it's his third homicide and he said he can't go back to jail," she said during her court appearance. Seven years after his release, 50-year-old Thomas has now admitted to the murder.

He will receive his sentence in February after entering a guilty plea to third-degree murder and other charges. Judge Roxanne Covington was astounded that Thomas, a multimillionaire, would have done such a horrible thing for so little money compared to his personal bank account.

She asked: “Are these facts true?".

To which he replied, "Yes, your honour."

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