Bibliograph

Real justice, jailed for life for being black : the story of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, Bill Swan ; with a foreword by Ken Klonsky

Type

Label

Real justice, jailed for life for being black : the story of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, Bill Swan ; with a foreword by Ken Klonsky

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-142) and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Intended audience

HL760L, Lexile

resource.interestAgeLevel

Ages 13+

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Real justice

Nature of contents

bibliography

resource.readingGradeLevel

RL 4.8

Responsibility statement

Bill Swan ; with a foreword by Ken Klonsky

Series statement

Real justice

Sub title

jailed for life for being black : the story of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter

Summary

"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 Canadian lawyers contacted Carter and began working with Carter's lawyers in New York to get him 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."--Page 4 of cover

Target audience

adolescent

Classification