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Martin Luther King Jr was assassinated by James Earl Ray, a fugitive from the Missouri State Penitentiary. He was arrested in London at Heathrow Airport on June 10, 1968, extradited to the United States, and charged with the crime. On March 10th 1969, Ray entered a plea of guilty and was sentenced to 99years in the Tennessee State Penitentiary. Many attempts later to withdraw his guilty plea, he was still unsuccessful. He later died in prison on April 23rd 1988, at the age of 70.

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