Rubin “Hurricane” Carter was at the peak of his boxing career when his life was taken from him. Convicted of a triple murder he did not commit, he entered prison knowing one thing for certain — he was ...

Hurricane Carter has died. He was 76 years old, a former boxer, a figure of controversy and, for some, a cause. Rubin Carter was his given name. He fought his first professional boxing match the day ...

Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, the boxer whose wrongful murder conviction became an international symbol of racial injustice, died Sunday. He was 76. He had been stricken with prostate cancer in Toronto, ...