Rae Carruth was looking at the death penalty but after 18 years he will be a free man on Monday, October 22nd.
Here is what he plans to do.
Rae Carruth, a former NFL star who was found guilty of conspiracy to commit murder of his girlfriend and attempting to destroy their unborn child almost 20 years ago, is set to be released from prison.
Carruth is expected to walk out of the Sampson Correctional Institution in Clinton, North Carolina, as a free man between the hours of 8am and 5pm ET on Monday, according to CNN affiliate WBTV.
“I’m excited about just being out of here,” Carruth said to the station. “I’m nervous just about how I’ll be received by the public. I still have to work. I still have to live. I have to exist out there and it just seems like there is so much hate and negativity toward me.”
“I should be raising my son,” Carruth wrote, per the report. “His mother should be raising her son. Ms. Adams should not be doing this and I want that responsibility back. I feel like he might not ever have his mother in his life but he could still have me and I could still make a difference and I don’t think that’s anyone’s responsibility when I’m still here.”
Cherica Adams’ mother has been raising his son and says she will never let him have contact with him.
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