Rubin “Hurricane” Carter is a former middleweight boxer whose career ended in 1966 when he was arrested in a triple homicide in Patterson, New Jersey. Carter was allegedly involved in a shooting at a bar that claimed three lives. Initially, he was convicted with eyewitness testimony a crucial part of the first case but after those witnesses changed their story, Carter was granted a second trial. He was convicted again but later won an appeal and was freed in 1985. Carter currently serves as a motivational speaker and advocate for the wrongly convicted. The story was the inspiration for the Bob Dylan song “Hurricane” and Denzel Washington film, “The Hurricane.”
