'Hurricane': For Bob Dylan, Rubin Carter fight was personal

Rubin Carter talks with a reporter during the Justice WA Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter Gala Dinner at the Sheraton Hotel on February 20, 2010 in Perth, Australia. Carter was freed in 1985 after serving 19 years in jail for the murder 

Dylan took up the cause of Rubin (Hurricane) Carter, playing the song constantly during his Rolling Thunder tour in 1975. But it was almost a decade before Federal Judge H. Lee Sarokin finally set Carter free — making almost the same argument as Dylan.

View/Post Comments. In the darkest hours, when his only reality was a life sentence and a five-by-seven cell, Rubin "Hurricane" Carter studied Plato, George Gurdjieff, Viktor Frankl, Jiddu Krishnamurti, and every criminal law book he could get his

Former professional boxer and wrongfully accused advocate Rubin Hurricane Carter has passed away at the age of 76.

RUBIN HURRICANE CARTER. Maisie Baker of Los Angeles has her picture taken with Rubin "Hurricane" Carter during an in store autograph session celebrating the release of his book "Hurricane: The Miraculous Journey of