Tune into Planet Waves FM tomorrow for Eric’s take on the natal chart of former middleweight prizefighter Rubin “The Hurricane” Carter and the astrology for the 1966 triple murder in Paterson, New Jersey, for which he was wrongly convicted and incarcerated for nearly 20 years. Carter died yesterday of prostate cancer, having become an activist for innocent prisoners after being freed pending an appeal based on new evidence in 1985. His conviction was officially overturned in 1988.
You can listen to Carter in his own voice in this NPR segment from this morning, and read the New York Times story about his life and death here.