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Do Innocent People Go to Prison

Below you can watch an extended version of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter’s passionate 1994 speech that was featured in Democracy Now!'s look back at his life and legacy. Carter was one of the most dynamic prizefighters in boxing's golden era and became an international symbol of racial injustice after his wrongful murder conviction forced him to spend 19 years in prison before he was exonerated. He died Sunday at the age of 76

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YH4LlMJOQLU#t=98

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