That's the way James Earl Ray was described ... and ballistics tests on Ray's rifle could not conclusively link it with the mangled bullet that caused King's death. Ray would admit to almost ...

More than fifty years ago, James Earl Ray, after driving ... in Tennessee at the time was death by electrocution. Three days ...

In the following years, I heard about inconsistencies in the state’s case and rumors of a conspiracy in which James Earl Ray was framed ... contributing to his death. The intervening years ...

President Donald Trump has announced plans to release classified government documents related to King's life, FBI surveillance, and the events surrounding his death. The "MLK files" refer to ...

Less than a year after the assassination, Ray pleaded guilty to the crime. He signed an account of the murder in March 1969, and in exchange for his confession, he was spared the death penalty.

James Earl Ray, the plea of guilty to murder in the first ... the anniversary of King’s death, there were no strong demands that King’s killer should also suffer death. Mrs. Coretta King ...

More than fifty years ago, James Earl Ray, after driving his white ... Click here for a look at King's life, death and legacy. Ray confessed to the shooting after he was eventually caught ...