Rubin Carter Research Paper

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-Rubin Hurricane Carter, born on May 6th, 1937, in Clifton, New Jersey, and a former middleweight boxing champion. He was falsely accused for the murder of 3 on June 17th, 1966, at the Lafayette Grill and bar and charged with triple homicide and serving around 20 years in prison
-John Artis, Good friends with Rubin Carter, and found along side Carter on the day of the incident coming back from a party. Sentenced to life in prison for Triple Homicide and served around 15 years in prison
-Patricia Valentine, the resident of the apartment above the bar where the mass shooting took place, she was a key eye witness is this cas and helped law enforcement with a description of the getaway car and the two men
-Al Bello, an eyewitness found robbing

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