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Rubin " Hurricane " Carter (May 6, 1937 – April 20, 2014) was an American-Canadian middleweight boxer, wrongfully convicted and imprisoned for murder, [2] until released following a petition of habeas corpus after almost 20 years in prison.
Feb 8, 2024 · Learn about the life of Rubin Carter, a boxer who was wrongly convicted of a triple murder and spent nearly two decades in prison. Discover how he became a symbol of injustice and a cause célèbre for civil rights leaders, celebrities and musicians.
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Apr 20, 2014 · Rubin (Hurricane) Carter, a star prizefighter whose career was cut short by a murder conviction in New Jersey and who became an international cause célèbre while imprisoned for 19 years before...
Apr 3, 2019 · 3 April 2019. The BBC’s World Service has been investigating three murders that took place at the Lafayette Bar and Grill in Paterson, New Jersey in 1966. Over the past 15 weeks ‘The Hurricane...
Apr 22, 2014 · Rubin Carter was a middleweight boxer who was wrongly convicted of a triple murder in 1967 and spent 19 years in prison. He became a cause célèbre, inspiring a Bob Dylan song and a Hollywood movie, and fought for his own freedom and others' until his death in 2014.
Apr 20, 2014 · TORONTO (AP) — Rubin “Hurricane” Carter, the boxer whose wrongful murder conviction became an international symbol of racial injustice, has died at 76. John Artis, a longtime friend and caregiver, said Carter died in his sleep Sunday. Carter had been stricken with prostate cancer in Toronto, the New Jersey native’s adopted home.
Apr 20, 2014 · Rubin “Hurricane” Carter, the middleweight boxing contender who spent 19 years in prison after being wrongly convicted of a triple murder, has died in Toronto, according to Win Wahrer, the...
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