Rubin Carter
Professional Boxer, Boxer
1937 –
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Who is Rubin Carter?
Rubin "Hurricane" Carter is an American middleweight boxer. In 1966, he was arrested for a triple homicide in the Lafayette Bar and Grill in Paterson, New Jersey. He and another man, John Artis, were tried and convicted twice for the murders, but after the second conviction was overturned in 1985, prosecutors chose not to try the case for a third time. From 1993 to 2005 Carter served as executive director of the Association in Defence of the Wrongly Convicted.
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- Born
- May 6, 1937
Clifton - Also known as
- Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter
- Hurrican Carter
- Hurricane
- Spouses
- Ethnicity
- African American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Lived in
- Paterson
- Toronto
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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