Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter
The fierce middleweight prizefighter was convicted twice for a 1966 triple murder but his conviction was eventually overturned by a federal judge.
Listen to an obit for the late boxer and political activist produced for NPR in 2014. Pictured below are Carter, left, and his co-defendant in the triple murder case, John Artis. Wjem Carter was terminally ill, Artis moved to Toronto to take care of Carter in his final weeks and months.
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