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Killer of Martin Luther King, Jr.
RAY, James Earl (1929-1998). Convicted assassin of civil rights leader martin Luther King, Jr. (1968). Ray pleaded guilty to the murder in Memphis and was given a 99 year prison sentence. Ray died in a Tennessee prison in 1998. Copy of a July 1994 newspaper article from the “Memphis Commercial Appeal” titled “prosecutors call for end to appeals in Ray case”. Inscribed, in ink on the side margin: “Mike Jackson, not sure if I answered note of last December, Everything going OK. Trust all going OK. Return address on letter is Brother’s P.O. Box No., J.E. Ray, Aug.-94”. Most unusual in this form regarding his legal matters..........................$175.00
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