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Hollywood Hype
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In "Hurricane," (1999), boxer Ruben "Hurricane" Carter is falsely imprisoned
for a crime he didn't commit, largely, it appears,
through the collective efforts of racist Italian cops, lawyers and judges.
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Joe Truth
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The findings of an honest Italian American investigator (Caruso) eventually helped exonerate Carter. An Italian American judge, Ruggero Aldersit, upheld the original judge's decision to free Carter. And, in a sidenote, the film's suggestion of an alleged "mob fix" of a Carter-Joey Giardello fight was proven false. (Indeed, Giardello, still alive, sued the filmmakers for defamation and won an out-of-court settlement).
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