| Author: | eBios | ISBN: | 1230000242361 |
| Publisher: | eBios | Publication: | May 25, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | eBios |
| ISBN: | 1230000242361 |
| Publisher: | eBios |
| Publication: | May 25, 2014 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
Rubin Carter was an American middleweight boxer who was wrongly convicted of murder and later freed via a petition of habeas corpus after spending almost 20 years in prison. Carter's autobiography, titled The Sixteenth Round, was published in 1975 by Warner Books. The story inspired the 1975 Bob Dylan song "Hurricane" and the 1999 film The Hurricane (with Denzel Washington playing Carter). From 1993 to 2005, Carter served as executive director of the Association in Defence of the Wrongly Convicted.
Learn more about him in this informative biography!
Rubin Carter was an American middleweight boxer who was wrongly convicted of murder and later freed via a petition of habeas corpus after spending almost 20 years in prison. Carter's autobiography, titled The Sixteenth Round, was published in 1975 by Warner Books. The story inspired the 1975 Bob Dylan song "Hurricane" and the 1999 film The Hurricane (with Denzel Washington playing Carter). From 1993 to 2005, Carter served as executive director of the Association in Defence of the Wrongly Convicted.
Learn more about him in this informative biography!
