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Winner of the 2001 New Jersey Author's Award by the New Jersey Academic Alliance Paul Wice takes the famous case of Rubin Hurricane Carter to another level of scrutiny as he puts the criminal justice system itself on trial. The case illustrates many of the strengths and weaknesses of our nations much maligned criminal justice system while affirming the power and resoluteness of the human spirit. Early on the morning of June 17, 1966, the sound of gunfire echoed through the quite streets of Paterson, New Jersey, as four people were shot, three fatally, inside the Lafayette Bar and Grill. Twenty-nine-year-old Rubin Hurricane Carter, a prominent professional boxer, along with his companion, John Artis, were arrested and charged with committing this brutal crime. Prosecutors would later theorize that the murders were racially motivated Carter and Artis are black, the victims white to avenge the killing of a black Paterson tavern owner. Despite barely credible and oft-times contradictory evidence presented by both sides, a year after the killings Carter and Artis were convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison. A second jury upheld the previous convictions in 1976. Artis was

Author

Wice, Paul B.

Publisher

New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press

Published

2000

Language

EN

ISBN

9780585377162

Subjects

Law, Science, True Crime