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In 1967, the black boxer Rubin "Hurricane" Carter and a young acquaintance, John Artis, were wrongly convicted of triple murder by an all-white jury in Paterson, New Jersey. Over the next decade, Carter gradually amassed convincing evidence of his innocence and the vocal support of celebrities from Bob Dylan to Muhammad Ali. He was freed in 1976 pending a new trial, but he lost his appeal -- to the amazement of many -- and landed back in prison.
Carter, bereft, shunned almost all human contact until he received a letter from Lesra Martin, a teenager raised in a Brooklyn ghetto. Against his bitter instincts, Carter agreed to meet with Martin, thus taking the first step on a tortuous path back to the world. Martin introduced him to an enigmatic group of Canadians who helped wage a successful battle to free him. As Carter orchestrated this effort from his cell, he also embarked on a singular intellectual journey, which led ultimately to a freedom more profound than any that could be granted by a legal authority.
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Index
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
A
Aaron, Henry, 117
Abernathy, Ralph David, 133
Adair, Joe Louis, 84
Adamo, John, 163
Adjustment Committee, 105
Administrative Segregation, 210
Alberta, Paul, 59
Aldisert, Ruggero, 301
Alexander, Lee, 117
Algren, Nelson, 118
Ali, Muhammad, 117–19, 130, 131, 132, 133, 159
Ali Baba, 9
All God’s Dangers: The Life of Nate Shaw (Rosengarten), 188
Anderson, Dave, 107, 277, 278
Annandale Reformatory, 76
Apaches gang, 63
Appeals. See Trials and appeals
Archer, Joey, 79
Artis, John
background of, 29–30, 39–40
Buerger’s disease of, 212
Carter guilt about, 212
Caruso file and, 261
character witnesses for, 56–57
conviction overturn in 1976, 133
end of legal battles of, 292
enters Trenton State Prison, 89
habeas corpus petition of, 248, 278
Hawkins questioning of, 128–29
at Lafayette bar after murders, 33
Lafayette bar murders arrest of, 40
Lafayette bar murders interrogation of, 36
Motion for Summary Judgment decision and, 278
pardon appeal of, 119
pardon application withdrawal of, 132
parole of, 211–13
Passaic County Grand Jury testimony of, 38
police escort to Lafayette Bar, 31–32
post-Carter life of, 339–40
reaction to verdict at first Carter trial, 58
second appeal of, 119–20
second Carter trial testimony of, 153
Steel as attorney for, 120, 142 (see also Steel, Lewis)
wife of, 157, 278, 339
Artis, Mary Eleanor, 40
Association in the Defense of the Wrongly Convicted (AIDWYC), 318, 324–26, 339
The Autobiography of Malcolm X, 170
B
Baez, Joan, 123, 130
Bailey, F. Lee, 43, 44
Barnes, Martin, 44
Bars, in Paterson, 9–10, 12, 13
Belafonte, Harry, 117, 1...
Table of contents
- Title Page
- Contents
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Death House Rendezvous
- Wild West on the Passaic
- Danger on the Streets
- Mystery Witness
- Force of Nature
- Boxer Rebellion
- Radical Chic Redux
- Revenge of Passaic County
- Search for the Miraculous
- The Inner Circle of Humanity
- Paradise Found
- Powerful Appeals
- Final Judgment
- The Eagle Rises
- Vindication
- Tears of Renewal
- Epilogue
- Sources
- Acknowledgments
- Index
- About the Author
- Connect with HMH
- Footnotes