The Hurricane Page #10

What more can the State of

New Jersey do, Your Honor,

than give a man not one,

but two jury trials?

And nothing has changed

since then.

Mr. Carteris,

and always has been,

a menace to society.

He's been in and out

of jail his whole life.

A criminal.

He's a violent man.

His whole life

has been violence.

And it is our duty,

Your Honor,

to continue to protect the

general public from such a man.

Thank you.

I've heard

your statements.

I'll take them

under consideration.

Now, is there anything else

that counsel wishes to add...

before I make

my final ruling?

What are you doing?

I wanna say something.

What are you gonna say? I wanna

- I need to say something.

Your Honor,

my- my client,

Mr. Carter,

wishes to address the Court.

Request granted.

Thank you,

Your Honor.

I was a, um,

prizefighter.

My job was to...

take all the hatred...

and skill that

I could muster,

and send a man

to his destruction.

And I did that.

But Rubin "Hurricane" Carter

is no murderer.

Twenty years I've spent

locked up in a cage...

considered a danger

to society.

Not treated

like a human being.

Not treated

like a person.

Counted 15 times a day.

I serve my time

in a house of justice,

and yet, there's

no justice for me.

So, I ask you...

to consider the evidence.

Don't turn away

from the truth.

Don't turn away

from your conscience.

Please, don't

ignore the law.

No, embrace that

higher principle...

for which the law

was meant to serve.

Justice. That's all

I ask for, Your Honor.

Justice.

This court is in recess.

Oh, thank you.

It's good.

Come a long way,

huh, little brother?

Yeah.

Look, I just want you to know if this

doesn't work, I'm bustin' you out of here.

You are? Yeah. That's right.

I'm bustin' you

outta here.

What was the first book

you ever bought?

Yours.

Hmm.

You think

that was an accident?

No.

No, me neither.

Lesra,

short for Lazarus.

"He who is risen

from the dead. "

Rubin.

Genesis, chapter 29,

verse 32.

"Behold a son. "

You put those two together,

Lesra, and you have,

"Behold a son

who has risen...

from the dead. "

That's no accident.

Hate put me in prison.

Love's gonna

bust me out.

Just in case love doesn't,

I'm gonna bust you outta here.

Yeah.

You already have,

Lesra.

All rise.

This Federal District Court of

New Jersey is now in session,

Judge Sarokin presiding.

Be seated.

This court does not arrive

at its conclusion lightly.

On one hand, Rubin Carter

has submitted a document...

alleging racial prejudice,

coercion of testimony

and withholding of evidence.

On the other hand,

Mr. Carter was tried twice...

by two different juries,

and those convictions

were subsequently upheld...

by the New Jersey

State Supreme Court.

He's gonna rule against us.

Rubin's gonna lose.

However,

the extensive record...

clearly demonstrates

to this court...

that Rubin Carter's

conviction...

was predicated upon

an appeal to racism...

rather than reason...

and concealment...

rather than disclosure.

To permit convictions

to stand...

which have

as their sole foundation...

appeals to racial prejudice,

is to commit a violation...

of the Constitution...

as heinous as the crimes

for which the defendants...

were tried and convicted.

I here by order Rubin Carter...

released from prison...

henceforth,

from this day forward.

Whoo!

This court is adjourned.

Rube, you made it, man.

You're free.

Can you stand it?

You did it, Rube.

You did it, man.

Whoo-hoo-hoo!

Rubin Carter

has just been freed.

All right!

You're free, Rubin!

Mr. Carter, how do you feel?

Mr. Carter? Mr. Carter?

Mr. Carter?

Now that you're out, are you

still gonna be the Hurricane?

Oh, I'll always

be the Hurricane.

And the Hurricane

is beautiful.

This is unbelievable!

The crowd is going wild.

Everybody wanted this victory,

and Hurricane has delivered.

Yes, that's the story

of the Hurricane

But it won't be over

till they clear his name

And give him back

the time he's done

Put in a prison cell

but one time

He could have been

the champion of the world

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