he moved like a dynamo in the ring. reporter: but in the summer of 1966 he was arrested for a triple murder that happened at this paterson new jersey bar, all of the victims were white. and even though he had an alibi, carter along with an acquaintance, john arties, was wrongfully convicted of the murders. he maintained his innocence. in 1976 carter was briefly released and granted a new trial but was convicted again. selwyn raab is an author and investigative journalist who covered carter extensively for the new york times . rubin s case stands apart from almost any other murder case in the last 40 or 50 years because it was so involved in racial prejudice. here s a person with a big reputation. the police are out to get him and he gets convicted not once, but twice. reporter: in 1985 after spending almost 20 years in prison, carter s conviction was overturned and he was released. his decades-long struggle with
the justice system earned him international attention and support from celebrities like mohammed ali and bob dylan who immortalized him in song, here comes the story of hurricane reporter: in 1999 denzel washington portrayed him in the oscar-nominated movie, the hurricane. there is nothing that we can t do. nothing. reporter: as a free man he moved to canada and continued to fight for the wrongfully convicted. in 2011 carter was diagnosed with prostate cancer. his friend and codependent john arties. he has a fighter s mentality. he ll give out but he ll never give in. the man known as the hurricane died at the age of 76. anne marie green, cbs news, new york. jeff: later, a birthday portrait of the queen. and so many passwords, so little time. the scramble to make security fixes after the heartbleed bug. those stories when the cbs evening news continues.