Who was found guilty of the assassination of Martin Luther King ?
James Earl Ray 1) “Martin Luther King, Jr., a prominent American Civil Rights leader and, according to a Gallup poll conducted in 2000, the second most admired person of the 20th century, was assassinated at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 4, 1968, at the age of 39. On June 10, 1968, James Earl Ray, a fugitive from a Missouri prison, was arrested in London at Heathrow Airport, extradited to the United States, and charged with the crime. On March 10, 1969, Ray entered a plea of guilty and was sentenced to 99 years in the Tennessee state penitentiary. Ray’s many later attempts to withdraw his guilty plea and be tried by a jury were unsuccessful; he died in prison on April 23, 1998, at the age of 70.” Source and further information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King,_Jr._assassination Further information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King#Assassination 2) “Martin Luther King was shot and killed by a sniper on 4 April 1968, while standing on t
