1:00:06
This court does not arrive
at its conclusion lightly.
1:00:11
On one hand, Rubin Carter
has submitted a document...
1:00:14
alleging racial prejudice...
1:00:17
coercion of testimony
and withholding ofevidence.
1:00:21
On the other hand...
1:00:23
Mr Carter was tried twice...
1:00:26
by two differentjuries...
1:00:28
and those convictions
were subsequently upheld...
1:00:31
by the New Jersey
State Supreme Court.
1:00:35
He's gonna rule against us.
Rubin's gonna lose.
1:00:39
However, the extensive record...
1:00:41
clearly demonstrates
to this court...
1:00:44
that Rubin Carter's conviction...
1:00:46
was predicated upon an appeal...
1:00:49
to racism...
1:00:52
rather than reason...
1:00:54
and concealment...
1:00:56
rather than disclosure.
1:00:59
To permit convictions to stand...
1:01:02
which have
as their sole foundation...
1:01:04
appeals to racial prejudice...
1:01:08
is to commit...
1:01:10
a violation...
1:01:13
of the Constitution...
1:01:15
as heinous as the crimes
for which the defendants...
1:01:19
were tried...
1:01:21
and convicted.
1:01:23
I hereby order Rubin Carter...
1:01:25
- released from prison...
- Yes!
1:01:28
henceforth, from this day forward.
1:01:31
Yes! Yes.
1:01:35
This court is adjourned.
1:01:38
Hey, Rube, you made-- you made it, man!
You're free! Can you stand it?
1:01:46
You did it, Rube.
You did it, man.
1:01:50
- Yeah, huh?
- Yeah!