White liberal guilt? Wasnt Hurricane innocent?
Guilty as sin AND Dylan played pretty loose with the facts in his lyrics.
And don't forget "George Jacvkson"- 2 versions!
But, hey, it was the times and nobody's perfect.
A legend in his own time.
My understanding is that Hurrican Carter was innocent of the charges in the famous case in question, but was guilty of so many other violent crimes that nobody really cared very much about the "injustice" of his conviction.
Ruben "Hurricane" Carter, Start Here:
http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/carter-h.htm