KANNE, Circuit Judge. A jury convicted Tony Thomas of the 2001 murder of Khatim Shakir. In January 2005, after his conviction was final, Thomas received a letter from his trial attorney informing him that unidentified gang members told police that Thomas did not commit the murder, but rather, that the shooter was a drug dealer named Robert Pinkston. In April 2005, Thomas filed a petition for post-convicti…
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