Initial Description Image result for rubin carter Rubin Carter was a well known boxer known as the “Hurricane.” He was born on May 6, 1937, in Clifton, New Jersey. Carter soon earned the nickname "Hurricane" because of his quick moves and became one of the top contenders for the world middleweight crown. He had a wife and daughter and life for him was going well. In the late 1960s, at the height of his boxing career, Carter was wrongfully convicted twice of murder and was imprisoned for 20 years. It happened on a night while he was at the bar he and called a taxi to go home. He got into a car with John Artis, the driver, and were on their way home until they were pulled over by the cops. The police arrested him on October 1966 for a triple murder of three patrons at the Lafayette Bar & Grill in Paterson. Rubin was sentenced to life in prison and spent nearly 20 …show more content…
Rubin was held responsible for the crime all because he was black. There was no proof that he did commit the crime but he still was accused and spent nearly two decades in prison for something he did not do. No one can give him the amount of time he lost and nothing can be done about what he had to go through but future cases like his case will be looked on more seriously and innocent people won’t have to serve time for as long had he did or not at all. Carter made many attempts to bring his case back into court but no one listened to him. He had given up because no matter who hard he tried to prove he didn’t do anything, no one bothered to help him until Martin came into his life. Not everyone will be lucky like Carter and have someone to hear their story and help them but this case can definitely raise more awareness of issues like this. This all wouldn’t of happened if Rubin was white but that’s something he can’t change its what he is born with and back then it was truly awful that no one understood that and he had to