legal case State of New Jersey v. Rubin Carter

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The legal case State of New Jersey v. Rubin Carter was the high-profile criminal prosecution of boxer Rubin "Hurricane" Carter for a 1966 triple murder, later widely criticized as a wrongful conviction and ultimately overturned.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf criminal case ⓘ
legal case ⓘ
wrongful conviction case ⓘ
appeal New Jersey Supreme Court ⓘ
charge first-degree murder ⓘ
triple murder ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ
due process violations ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dateOfCrime 1966-06-17 ⓘ
defendant John Artis ⓘ
Rubin Carter ⓘ
federalCourtHolding convictions vacated ⓘ
federalDecisionDate 1985-11-07 ⓘ
federalDecisionYear 1985 ⓘ
federalJudge H. Lee Sarokin ⓘ
finalStatus charges dismissed ⓘ
finalStatusYear 1988 ⓘ
habeasCorpusCourt United States District Court for the District of New Jersey ⓘ
initialConviction 1967 ⓘ
initialTrialYear 1967 ⓘ
initialVerdict guilty ⓘ
jurisdiction State of New Jersey ⓘ
keyEvidenceType alleged confession ⓘ
ballistics evidence ⓘ
eyewitness testimony ⓘ
laterCriticism racial bias in investigation and prosecution ⓘ
suppression of exculpatory evidence ⓘ
unreliable eyewitness testimony ⓘ
legalSignificance example of federal habeas relief overturning state conviction ⓘ
landmark in U.S. wrongful conviction discourse ⓘ
nicknameOfDefendant Hurricane ⓘ
notableCulturalImpact basis for 1999 film "The Hurricane" ⓘ
inspired Bob Dylan song "Hurricane" ⓘ
occupationOfDefendant professional boxer ⓘ
placeOfCrime Lafayette Bar and Grill, Paterson, New Jersey ⓘ
postVacaturAction State of New Jersey declined to retry ⓘ
prosecutor State of New Jersey ⓘ
reasonForVacatur prosecution based on concealment rather than disclosure ⓘ
prosecution based on racism rather than reason ⓘ
retrialVerdict guilty ⓘ
retrialYear 1976 ⓘ
sentence life imprisonment ⓘ
subjectOf numerous books and documentaries on wrongful convictions ⓘ
victim Fred Nauyoks ⓘ
Hazel Tanis ⓘ
James Oliver ⓘ
victimCount 3 ⓘ
yearOfCrime 1966 ⓘ

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Rubin "Hurricane" Carter → participantIn → legal case State of New Jersey v. Rubin Carter ⓘ
State of New Jersey v. John Artis → relatedCase → State of New Jersey v. Rubin Carter ⓘ
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