ot change the outcome. They upheld Judge Sarokin’s decision and the prosecutors finally gave up and did not seek a third trial. On February 19, 1988 the prosecutor filed a motion to dismiss the original indictments brought against Carter and Artis in 1966. After a 22-year process, all charges were dropped despite the fact that no appellate court had found him innocent.Slover 7 James S. Hirsch’s Hurricane raises several questions about the legal system, especially during the 1960’s when racism was prominent. It also shows that justice can be accomplished over time, even though an innocent man spent nearly twenty years in prison. He was a number-one contender when he was arrested in 1966, but who can say what could have taken place in his boxing careers in the years that followed. The major problem for the Hurricane is that he will never get those years of his life back, when they were unjustly taken from him....
