Carter was freed in November 1985 when his convictions were set aside after years of appeals and public advocacy. His ordeal and the alleged racial motivations behind it were publicized in Bob Dylan's ...

Bob Dylan’s 1975 protest song Hurricane sparked legal threats and major controversy, becoming one of the boldest statements ...

Former boxer Rubin “Hurricane” Carter has died at the age of 76 after a battle with prostate cancer. Carter spent nearly 20 years in jail after he was wrongly convicted of a triple murder in 1966.

TORONTO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former U.S. professional boxer Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, who spent 19 years in prison for murder and then was released after it was determined he did not get a fair trial, ...

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 the ...

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 Toronto, ...

~ His boxing career came to an abrupt end when he was imprisoned for three 1966 murders committed in Paterson, N.J. Rubin "Hurricane" Carter never surrendered hope of regaining his freedom, not even ...

Boxer Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, who was twice wrongly convicted of triple murder and later became the subject of a famous Bob Dylan song and Denzel Washington biopic, died this morning at 76. His ...

Rubin “Hurricane” Carter, left, shown in his win over Fabio Bettini in Paris in February 1965, saw his career cut short by a wrongful murder conviction. Rubin “Hurricane” Carter, the boxer whose ...

The subject of a Bob Dylan song as well as a hit film with Denzel Washington, Carter was a symbol of overcoming racial injustice. © 2025 American City Business ...