Former U.S. professional boxer Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, who spent 19 years in prison for murder and then was released after it was determined he did not get a fair trial, died on Sunday at the ...

John Artis, a longtime friend and caregiver, told the Canadian Press that Carter died in his sleep. Carter spent 19 years in prison for three murders at a tavern in Paterson, N.J., in 1966.

John Artis, a longtime friend and caregiver, told The Canadian Press that Carter died in his sleep. Carter spent 19 years in prison for three murders at a tavern in Paterson, N.J., in 1966.

Rubin “Hurricane” Carter, the boxer whose wrongful murder conviction became an international symbol of racial injustice and the subject of a Bob Dylan song and Denzel Washington film, died Sunday.