In this biography of an educated person I have chosen to write about Rubin “Hurricane” Carter, an African-American boxer who contested the world middleweight championship but was wrongly convicted of a triple murder at the height of his boxing prowess on June 17, 1966 in Paterson, New Jersey and spent 20 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit. Rubin Carter was born on May 6, 1937 in Clifton, New Jersey. From the time he was a young boy he had been a troubled young man in and out of boys' homes and later in his teens he began serving a short spell in prison for petty theft and assault offences, Tu later attributed this in his biography of not having parents or family to help him understand and deal with his problems at an early age. Rubin had a hard time growing up on the rough streets over the years and blamed running for many of his problems. In 1954, Rubin joined the army at 17 and began training as a boxer, thinking this was a better way to channel all his hatred and problems into venting his aggression in the ring. During his time in the army he became famous for winning two European light welterweight championships and decided that, after his discharge in 1956, he would continue his boxing at home in Paterson, New Jersey. involved in what he described as hateful racism provoked by white police occupations of black neighborhoods and was again sent to prison for purse snatching, spending years in the maximum security state prison in Trenton. In 1961 he thought he was finally taking matters into his own hands and becoming a professional boxer, his start was seen as electrifying with four consecutive victories in which he earned the nickname "The Hurricane" due to his slight... middle of paper.... ..and Lisa Peters met Carter in prison on Lesra's behalf and soon began to see for herself that Carter might indeed be innocent. In 1983 Sam, Terry, Lisa and Lesra began a strong push with the help of lawyers Myron Beldock and Lewis Steel to free Carter once and for all and prove his innocence, and in February 1988 Rubin Carter was formally tried of his crime and released from prison. Carter later received an honorary championship title belt in 1993 from the World Boxing Council and in 1997 he earned his law degree from Dalhousie Law School and soon became a district attorney in Kamploops, British Columbia. Rubin currently serves as director of the Association for the Defense of the Wrongfully Convicted in Toronto, Canada, and on the board of directors of the Southern Center for Human Rights in Atlanta, Georgia, as well as the Alliance for Prison Justice in Boston..