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Joel Hammer, producer of the new podcast The Hurricane Tapes, revisits the life of Rubin ‘Hurricane’ Carter, the American boxer who was imprisoned for a 1966 triple murder

Rubin "Hurricane" Carter (L) fights Dick Tiger (R) in Madison Square Garden, New York, 1965 (Photo by Getty Images)

Published: January 17, 2019 at 4:20 PM

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Joel Hammer, producer of the new BBC World Service podcast The Hurricane Tapes, revisits the life of Rubin ‘Hurricane’ Carter, the American boxer whose imprisonment for a 1966 triple murder inspired a Bob Dylan song and a Hollywood film.