photo of judge carl fox
A judge who is battling cancer has been offered a lifeline by a man he sent to jail for 25 years.
Supreme Court judge Carl Fox is currently battling blood cancer and is desperately seeking a bone marrow donor to help his chances of surviving the disease.
The 61-year-old has set up a drive to get more people registered as donors, but he was left stunned after receiving an offer from a criminal he jailed for armed robbery.
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Charles Alston, 62, wrote the judge a heartwarming letter after hearing about his condition, and offered to donate his own bone marrow in a bid to help him.
The letter said: "You were the District Attorney during the course of my trial."
"There is no hatred or animosity in my heart towards you … I know you are in need of a matching donor for bone marrow."
"I may or may not be a match, but would have been willing to make the sacrifice if needed."
Alston is currently serving his sentence at Franklin Correctional Centre in Bunn, North Carolina, but despite the incredible offer, he will not be allowed to help the judge as inmates are banned from being on the register due to infectious diseases.
Although the offer can not be taken up, Judge Fox revealed he was overcome with the gracious sentiment.
He told WRAL: "I was very touched by it … totally surprised. I never thought Charles Alston would’ve written me and offered me the right hand of fellowship and offer to do something to save my life.
"He had every reason to be angry with me, given where he is and the sentence he was given. It means even that much more he did that given the circumstances."
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