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CASEFILE |
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Carruth Sentenced
-- Rae Carruth is sentenced to 19-24 years
in prison for charges related to the shooting
death of Cherica Adams. (Jan. 22, '01) |
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Victim
Impact Statements -- Cherica Adams' parents,
Jeffrey Moonie and Saundra Adams, take the
stand to deliver victim impact statements.
Adams asked Judge Lamm to sentence Carruth
"as a man." (Jan. 22, 2001) |
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Special
Webcast -- A Carruth verdict Roundtable
discussion with Court TV anchors (jan. 19,
'01) |
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Mixed
Verdict Delivered to Carruth --
A North Carolina jury finds Carruth guilty
on three of four counts; He will not face
death penalty. (Jan, 19 '01) |
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The
Jury Speaks -- Carruth jury can't reach
unanimous decision; judge urges reconsideration.
(Jan.
18, '01)
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Jury's note
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judge's charge |
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Prosecution
Sums Case to Jury -- Prosecutor Gentry
Caudill delivers his closing argument against
Rae Carruth. (Jan. 15, '01) |
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Defense
Wraps Up Case -- Defense attorney David
Rudolf presents his closing argument
for Rae Carruth. (Jan.
15, '01) |
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INTERVIEW:
Michelle Wright, the mother of Carruth's first
son speaks with Court TV |
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INTERVIEW:
Rae Carruth's former girlfriend Amber Turner
discusses her testimony and her relationship
with the defendant
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INTERVIEW:
Rae Carruth's mother, Theodry Carruth,
stands by her son's story. |
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Defense
Testimony Highlights -- NFL players testify
in Carruth's defense
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Investigative
Report -- A
special report on the state of the death penalty
in the Carolinas |
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FBI
agent testifies he found Carruth in trunk
of getaway car -- FBI Special Agent Mark
Post told jurors that he found Carruth, along
with his deceased wife's purse, cash, and
urine bottles in the trunk of a Toyota Camry
in Tennessee |
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Cop: Adams named Carruth
— Officer P.M. Grant testifies that Adams
told him that Carruth, the father of her baby,
was responsible for the shooting as paramedics
worked on her at the crime scene. |
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Face-off between lawyer
and witness — Michael Kennedy and
defense attorney David Rudolf exchange words
in a fiery exchange about Carruth's guilt
or innocence. |
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"Trying to juice him for
money" — Kennedy says Carruth wanted
Cherica Adams dead because the Carolina Panther
believed the former stripper was a "gold digger"
who was trying to "juice him for money." |
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Wheelman gets the weapon
— Kennedy tells the jury that Carruth
coerced him into getting the gun later used
to kill Adams |
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Co-defendant takes stand
— Michael Eugene Kennedy, facing the
death penalty himself in Cherica Adams' death,
waives his Fifth Amendment rights and takes
the stand against Rae Carruth without immunity.
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Voices from the Grave
— Jury hears the 911 call Cherica Adams
made minutes after the shooting, in which
she painfully cries for help and implicates
Rae Carruth. (Nov. 20, 2000) |
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State: "Football hero Rae
Carruth" was the mastermind — Prosecutor
Gentry Caudill delivers an intense opening
statement charging that Rae Carruth led Cherica
Adams into a murderous ambush and then left
her and his unborn son for dead. (Nov. 20,
2000) |
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Defense: Carruth had no
motive, Watkins did — In a dramatic
statement, defense attorney David Rudolf tells
the jury that the former football player had
no motive to plot Adams' killing, but that
gunman Van Brett Watkins was angry over a
failed drug deal. (Nov. 20, 2000) |
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"Everybody's hurt" —
Victim Cherica Adams' friend Crystal Clark
talks about how the media coverage of the
murder has complicated the grieving process
for Adams' family — and Carruth. "It's
like, really, a big nightmare that everybody
in the world, it seems, has been let in on,"
she says. (Nov. 7, 2000) |
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Playing Field Dreams
— Carruth shows why he was a first-round
draft pick in this game footage from the University
of Colorado. Later, as a Carolina Panther,
he talks about his hopes for success in upcoming
games. (Nov. 7, 2000) |
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Jury selection nears completion
— Court TV reporter Mary Jane Stevenson
reports on the jury selection process as it
enters week three. (Nov. 6, 2000) |
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"My boy is great" —
In an interview with Court TV, Rae Carruth's
mother, Theodry, talks about her son, his
co-defendants and why he fled from authorities
after Cherica Adams' death. "I don't think
about the death penalty, because I don't believe
God gave me my son for man to take away,"
she says in part. (Oct. 23, 2000) |
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Jury selection begins
— Court TV reporter Mary Jane Stevenson
reports from outside the Charlotte courthouse
on the process for picking a panel. (Oct.
23, 2000)
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