Real Justice: The Story of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter (Lorimer Real Justice)

By: Bill Swan

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Synopsis: Rubin Carter was in and out of reformatories and prisons from the age of twelve. At twenty-four, he became a winning professional boxer and was turning his life around. But Carter was also very vocal about racism in the local New Jersey police force. In 1966, local policemen arrested Carter and a friend for a triple murder. The two were convicted and sent to jail for life. Carter spent nearly twenty years in jail, proclaiming his innocence. A teen from Brooklyn, Lesra Martin, heard Carter's story and believed he was innocent. He and a small group of Canadians contacted Carter and began working with Carter's lawyers in New York to get the boxer exonerated. In 1985, a judge released Carter, ruling that Carter's conviction had been based not on evidence, but on racism. Carter moved to Canada in 1985, where until his death in 2014 he worked helping others prove that they had been wrongfully convicted. Distributed in the U.S by Lerner Publishing Group

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 144 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9781459406674
Related ISBNs:: 9781459406650
Publisher:: James Lorimer and Company Ltd., Publishers
Date of Addition:: 03/07/23
Copyrighted By:: Bill Swan
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Teens, Biographies and Memoirs, Law, Legal Issues and Ethics
Grade Levels:: Ninth grade, Tenth grade, Eleventh grade, Twelfth grade
Reading Age:: 14–18
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.