# "Hurricane"--What's the Straight Dope?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricane-whats-the-straight-dope/6909>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 7, 2000, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricane-whats-the-straight-dope/6909 "2000-02-07T22:10:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2000, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricane-whats-the-straight-dope/6909/1 "2000-02-07T22:10:00Z")

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Carter, that is.

All I’ve read is that he didn’t receive a fair trial, and that some of the incriminating testimony was possibly “influenced.”

That said, did the “non-influenced” evidence support or not support the charge that he committed the murders?

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2000, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricane-whats-the-straight-dope/6909/2 "2000-02-08T06:01:00Z")

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Here’s a link to judge for yourself…  
[http://www.GRAPHICWITNESS.COM/carter/](http://www.GRAPHICWITNESS.COM/carter/)

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or did I just put a canoe in my pocket?

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