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Book 2013

Hurricane

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Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Trade & Reference Publishers
Language
English
Published
2013
  • Judicial error
  • Case studies
  • Capital punishment
  • Crime
  • African americans, biography
  • Erreur judiciaire
  • Séquestration
  • Boxeurs

Chronicles Rubin Carter's twenty-year imprisonment, discussing why he was accused of three murders he did not commit, how racial issues affected the outcome of his trial, how he earned the support of celebrities, and why a group of Canadians decided to help him prove his innocence.