Nell Redmond, APSix days after former Carolina Panthers wide receiver Rae Carruth was released from prison, the son of the pregnant woman Carruth was convicted of trying to kill was a special guest on the field Sunday as the Panthers hosted the Baltimore Ravens.Chancellor Lee Adams, now 19, was born 10 weeks premature with brain damage and cerebral palsy as a result of the shooting that killed his mother, Cherica Adams.Adams wore a white No. 1 jersey of Panthers quarterback Cam Newton on Carolina's sideline with his grandmother, Saundra Adams, before kickoff. Several players greeted him and Panthers safety Eric Reid gave him his playing gloves.Carruth, 44, played for the Panthers from 1997-99. He was convicted in 2001 for his role in the murder and served a prison term of nearly 19 years for the Nov. 16, 1999, shooting near his North Carolina home.At Carruth's trial, the hitman Carruth hired testified the former first-round pick wanted the child dead so he wouldn’t have to pay child support.Carruth now lives in Pennsylvania and is serving a nine-month supervised probation term related to his convictions. He was released from prison Oct.
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Carruth has repeatedly said he wants to have a relationship with his son, who remains in the custody of his grandmother, Saundra Adams, who has raised him since birth.
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At age 12, Chancellor Lee Adams can barely speak, is mostly confined to a wheelchair and can’t feed himself. I wish the first woman would have reported that threat to the police. If they’d of taken her seriously, that is. Who knows?An amazing woman. There should be a foundation set up to help them.I wonder what’ll happen to Carruth upon release?
I’d imagine not everyone is so forgiving.What a great story. Can’t wait to read the whole story.All because of child support? And wouldn’t call a kid on his birthday? How minimal and he couldn’t do that?
Heartless.I hope his cellmates get to read the story. Carruth is a POS, and should spend the rest of his lonely, sad and utterly disturbing life behind bars. Either that or he should be forced to enter a program where he is to help disabled children with everyday issues. Donating his time making sure that a physically disabled child gets what he or she needs to live a good life. Personally, I’d rather see the scumbag rot behind bars that give him the opportunity to be around someone special. He doesn’t deserve a thing for as long as he lives. Seems like everytime I read this story more and more people are ready to mob around the jail when he is released.
And I don’t blame them. I still can’t read that story without tearing up. It’s a very touching story. I wish the grandma and the son the best. When you read the whole stir it’s worse. He achually was having his gf fallow him and stopped so the hit man could pull beside her and shoot her.
He was directly involved and that he’s allowed out of prison is why I know our legal system is flawed. Annarborwhodey says: Sep 14, 2012 5:41 PMI really hope that the guys in prison with him read this story.————–He was in PC for the first couple of years, and has been moved a couple of times since he got locked up. Trust me, people were looking for him on the inside. I was living in NC at the time that this happened and I was furious when that girl died. Other guys were apparently more than furious, but they have done a good job in protecting him.
He’ll be haunted by what he did. Someone “doing the right thing” is too easy for him.
Let him live with the agony and THEN have to face God for it when his time is up. That is the most utter form of torture that he can have. To all of you who say he should stay alive so he can think about what he did and regret it forever or meet his son and be filled with regret, it’s a nice thought. HOWEVER.I think that “people” who do the types of things he did aren’t normal with normal human emotions or they wouldn’t be capable of doing what they did to begin with. An example of feelings/actions displayed by normal person who kills someone (albeit accidentally) is Stallworth.
He WAS filled with remorse and he DID do as right as he could for the guy’s family from minute 1. Anyone think Carruth is capable of that?My answer is “heck no”. I am watching the story of this even now on TVONE and just in awe that a man can be so heartless. Men must step up to their responsibilities when they decide they want to lay with women with no protection. Sex with no condom = children, stds’s and responsibilities!
Women: take responsibility for yourselves. Every man who pursues is not worthy to sleep with you ESPECIALLY with no protection. Men who risk losing something will result to hurting you. Her mother is a strong and faithful woman to forgive him but she forgave him for herself and her own peace of mind and that is the best she can do. May Cherica’s soul rest in peace and may that beautiful boy be filled with abundant love and continue to be a source of happiness to all who meet him. I am just reading this story How can someone be so heartless? How can someone atempt to murder a life that they’ve created?
I hope the inmates have and continue to kick his butt. I wonder if this man has any remorse for his actions or if he’s simply grieving the loss of his carrer After reading that his 1st son’s mother said “don’t be supprised if you happen to get in a accident”, how can this man be granted the opportunity to ever walk the streets again? This little boy has touched my heart & I don’t even know him. I just want to take the time to tell Chancellor Lee Adams (even if he doesn’t get this message)that he has made me appreciate what I have and I will try not to complain too much.
This little boy has put a smile on my face from just reading about how joyful he is after all he has been through.
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