This is an in-depth radio documentary on boxer Rubin ‘Hurricane’ Carter and his fight to help people who are wrongfully convicted. It aired on five radio stations across North America (CIUT 89.5 FM, CKLN FM, KSFR Santa Fe Radio, 90.5 WSNC North Carolina, KZYX Mendocino County) and was chosen by Public Radio Exchange as one of
the top radio segments for Black History month (2008).

Rubin's life struggle was portrayed through the 1999 movie "The Hurricane". (Denzel Washington played Rubin.) In 1975, Bob Dylan wrote a song about Rubin's innocence entitled, "Hurricane." In the 1960s, Rubin was one of the world's best, professional, middle-weight boxers. In 1967, he was found guilty of committing a triple murder at the Lafayette Grill in Paterson, New Jersey. He served nearly 20 years in prison. In 1986, Federal Court Judge H. Lee Sarokin exonerated Rubin of the crimes. The judge ruled that the state withheld evidence in its attempt to get the killers.

This radio documentary is 14 minutes long. It's an engaging, personal story of how Rubin is still fighting for the rights of those who are wrongfully convicted in North America. The feature not only delves into Mr. Carter's personal life (i.e. it provides listeners with an interesting tour of his house), it reveals the downward struggle many people, specifically young black men, face in North America's criminal justice system.

This is an in-depth radio documentary on boxer Rubin ‘Hurricane’ Carter and his fight to help people who are wrongfully convicted. It aired on five radio stations across North America (CIUT 89.5 FM, CKLN FM, KSFR Santa Fe Radio, 90.5 WSNC North Carolina, KZYX Mendocino County) and was chosen by Public Radio Exchange as one of
the top radio segments for Black History month (2008).

Rubin's life struggle was portrayed through the 1999 movie "The Hurricane". (Denzel Washington played Rubin.) In 1975, Bob Dylan wrote a song about Rubin's innocence entitled, "Hurricane." In the 1960s, Rubin was one of the world's best, professional, middle-weight boxers. In 1967, he was found guilty of committing a triple murder at the Lafayette Grill in Paterson, New Jersey. He served nearly 20 years in prison. In 1986, Federal Court Judge H. Lee Sarokin exonerated Rubin of the crimes. The judge ruled that the state withheld evidence in its attempt to get the killers.

This radio documentary is 14 minutes long. It's an engaging, personal story of how Rubin is still fighting for the rights of those who are wrongfully convicted in North America. The feature not only delves into Mr. Carter's personal life (i.e. it provides listeners with an interesting tour of his house), it reveals the downward struggle many people, specifically young black men, face in North America's criminal justice system.