Rubin (Hurricane) Carter, Boxer Found Wrongly Convicted, Dies at 76


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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 Tapes' podcast.


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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.


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Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter obituary American boxer whose fight against the injustice of his life sentence for a triple murder was taken up by Bob Dylan in his 1975 protest song Hurricane.


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Rubin Carter, also known as the "Hurricane," was a Canadian middleweight boxer. He was wrongfully convicted of murder and spent almost 20 years in jail, before being released after a petition of "habeas corpus." Born in New Jersey, US, he became a juvenile offender for stabbing a man at 11 years of age.


Boxer Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter Dies at 76 Variety

Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, the former boxer imprisoned nearly 20 years for three murders before the convictions were overturned, has died at his home in Toronto. By Rachel Mendleson Staff.


Boxer Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter Dies at 76 Hollywood Reporter

Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, the former U.S. professional boxer turned advocate for the wrongly convicted, has died. He was 76. Carter, who spent almost 20 years in prison after being wrongfully.


'Hurricane' Carter Dies; Boxer Was Wrongfully Convicted Of Murder

Rubin Carter, a former middleweight world title contender known as "the Hurricane" whose wrongful conviction for murder became a cause célèbre, died in Toronto on Sunday at the age of 76. The.


Boxer Rubin Carter from Bob Dylan's "Hurricane" Song Dies at 76

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Hurricane Carter has died. He was 76 years old, a former boxer, a figure of controversy and, for some, a cause. Rubin Carter was his given name. He fought his first.


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Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, the boxer whose wrongful murder conviction became an international symbol of racial injustice, died Sunday. He was 76. He had been stricken with prostate cancer in.


Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter, boxer wrongly convicted of murder, dies

John Artis, who was wrongly convicted with boxer Rubin "Hurricane" Carter in a triple murder made famous in a 1975 song by Bob Dylan and a 1999 film staring Denzel Washington, has died. He was 75.


Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter dies at 76; boxer wrongly imprisoned 19 years

Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, the former professional boxer who became an advocate for the wrongly convicted after spending 19 years in prison for a triple murder he didn't commit, died Sunday in.


Boxer Rubin “Hurricane” Carter dead at 76 CBS News

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.


Rubin (Hurricane) Carter, Boxer Found Wrongly Convicted, Dies at 76

The man of love, former boxer Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, who died yesterday at 76, rubbed his hands nervously, managing a meek smile as Washington spoke while patting him on the back.


Boxer Rubin Carter dies at 76

Boxer Rubin Carter was twice wrongly convicted of a triple murder and imprisoned for nearly two decades. His convictions were overturned in 1985 and he dedicated the rest of his life advocating.


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Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, the boxer whose wrongful murder conviction became an international symbol of racial injustice, has died at 76.


Former Boxer Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter Passes Away at Age 76 Bleacher

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.