Decades ago, he was in jail—now he's a Nike executive advocating for formerly incarcerated people to get second chances (via CNBCMakeIt)
in October. More importantly, he said: He hoped it could prove that formerly incarcerated people are capable of rehabilitation and success.
While incarcerated, Miller pursued an education using Pell grants available to inmates. Then, he attended college through a day-release program. On Sunday, heAround the same time as his release, he graduated from Temple University at age 30. He was an interview away from landing a position at a major accounting firm when he decided to disclose his criminal background. He didn't get the job, and spent the rest of his career hiding his previous incarceration.
"There was always this tension and this fear that somehow this is going to come out, and it's going to ruin everything I've built up to this point," he told CNN. Ahead of the book's release, some controversy did erupt: The family of the teenager Miller killed in 1965 felt blindsided, especially when the Sports Illustrated article publicly named the victim, then-18-year-old Edward White.