H. Lee Sarokin, Federal Judge Who Overturned Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter Conviction, Dies at 94

H. Lee Sarokin served as a federal judge for 17 years and overturned the conviction of boxer Rubin "Hurricane" Carter.
Sarokin ruled in 1985 that Carter did not receive a fair trial due to prosecutorial misconduct and racism.
The ruling freed Carter after 19 years in prison and the case was never retried.
Sarokin's ruling was upheld on appeal and Carter went on to become an advocate for the wrongly convicted until his death in 2014.
Sarokin went on to become an outspoken advocate for legal reform before retiring from the bench in 1996.