Rubin "Hurricane" Carter was released from prison in 1988. Former chair and CEO of Canada's Association in Defence of the Wrongly Convicted and, since 2005, CEO of Innocence International, Dr. Carter is the author of Eye of the Hurricane: My Path from Darkness to Freedom. His life has been the subject of three books and a major motion picture, The Hurricane,starring Denzel Washington.The recipient of honorary doctor of law degrees from Griffith University, Australia, and York University, Toronto.
"A document of life lived in the center of hell." —Sports
Illustrated
"When they come to list the greatest boxers, Hurrican's name isn't
likely to pop up in the Top 10. But when they come to list the
greatest figures of the 20th century, he'll be alone at the peak."
—Boston Globe
"A shocking, savage and brilliant indictment of racial injustice
and the inhumanity of the prison." —Globe and Mail
"Carter's scorching and poetic autobiography." —Toronto Sun
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