On June 17, 1966, two black men strode into the Lafayette Grill in Paterson, New Jersey, and shot three people to death. Rubin Carter and John Artis were not those men -- but they were convicted of the murders in a highly publicized and racially charged trial. After two decades in prison for crimes he didn't commit, Rubin Carter finally won his freedom. Hurricane is that story, at once a tale of jailhouse redemption, a compelling account of a David vs. Goliath court fight, and a revealing history of one of the most ...
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On June 17, 1966, two black men strode into the Lafayette Grill in Paterson, New Jersey, and shot three people to death. Rubin Carter and John Artis were not those men -- but they were convicted of the murders in a highly publicized and racially charged trial. After two decades in prison for crimes he didn't commit, Rubin Carter finally won his freedom. Hurricane is that story, at once a tale of jailhouse redemption, a compelling account of a David vs. Goliath court fight, and a revealing history of one of the most controversial episodes in the long saga of civil rights in America.
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