Yes, James Earl Ray was convicted of assassinating Martin Luther King Jr. and sentenced to 99 years in prison. He died in prison in 1998.

James Earl Ray was in prison for 29 years for the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. He passed away in 1998 while still serving his sentence.

James Earl Ray was captured and arrested at the age of 41.

Martin Luther King Jr. was 39 years old when he was assassinated by James Earl Ray on April 4, 1968.

James Earl Ray was apprehended in London two months after assassinating Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. He was extradited to the United States, where he pleaded guilty to the murder and was sentenced to 99 years in prison. Ray later attempted to retract his guilty plea and claimed he was framed, but he died in prison in 1998 while serving his sentence.

James Earl Ray was 40 years old when he assassinated Martin Luther King Jr.

James Earl Ray assassinated Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968 because of his racist beliefs and opposition to King's civil rights work. Ray targeted King as a prominent figure in the civil rights movement, seeking to undermine efforts to achieve racial equality in the United States.

Yes, James Earl Ray was convicted and sentenced to 99 years in prison for the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.

James Earl Ray was convicted of assassinating Martin Luther King Jr., a prominent African American civil rights leader. His actions suggest he did not have a positive attitude towards African Americans.

Lee Harvey Oswald, Sirhan Sirhan, and James Earl Ray were all individuals who were convicted of assassinating prominent political figures in the United States: President John F. Kennedy, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, and civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., respectively. Their actions had significant impacts on American history and society.

James Earl Ray was arrested on June 8, 1968, at London's Heathrow Airport for assassinating Martin Luther King Jr. on April 4, 1968.

There is no definitive evidence that James Earl Ray was paid to kill Martin Luther King Jr. Ray claimed he was manipulated into the assassination plot but there is no concrete proof of financial compensation.

James Earl Ray was apprehended at London Heathrow Airport in the United Kingdom on June 8, 1968, while attempting to board a flight to Brussels, Belgium. He was wanted for the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. in Memphis, Tennessee on April 4, 1968.

It is believed that James Earl Ray was standing in the window of a boarding house that he was renting across the street from where Martin Luther King, Jr. was. King was standing on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel when he was shot.

James Earl Ray, the man convicted of assassinating Martin Luther King Jr., died in prison of hepatitis C on April 23, 1998. He was not killed by anyone after killing Martin Luther King Jr.

There is no conclusive evidence to suggest that the Ku Klux Klan made a specific deal with James Earl Ray to kill Martin Luther King Jr. Ray did have connections to white supremacist groups, but the exact nature of his motivation and any potential collusion remains unclear.

James Earl Ray actually escaped from two separate jails. He first escaped from Missouri State Penitentiary in 1967 while serving twenty years for repeated offenses. He escaped for his second time from Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary in Petros, Tennessee on June 10, 1977 while serving a 99 year sentence for the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Yes, James Earl Ray was arrested two months after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. He was captured at London Heathrow Airport trying to leave the country with a false passport. Ray eventually pleaded guilty to the murder.

James Earl Ray was identified as the suspect in the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. through multiple pieces of evidence, including fingerprints found at the crime scene, witnesses seeing him fleeing, and a bundle of incriminating items found near the assassination site. Eventually, Ray plead guilty to the crime.

Yes, James Earl Ray was convicted of assassinating Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968 and was sentenced to 99 years in prison. He died in prison in 1998.

James Earl Ray acted alone in the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. There is no evidence to suggest that he was hired by anyone else to commit the crime.

James Earl Ray, the man convicted of assassinating Martin Luther King Jr., stayed in jail until his death in 1998. Ray passed away from complications related to kidney and liver disease while serving a 99-year sentence.

James Earl Ray went to jail at the Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary in Tennessee after being convicted of assassinating civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.

Yes, James Earl Ray was convicted of assassinating Martin Luther King Jr. and he served a 99-year sentence in prison until his death in 1998.

The FBI think that the KKK gave James Earl Ray $100,000 for killing MLK jr. But you never know- the government might of killed him as they didn't really like him. It is easy to just blame the KKK as they are just horrible, nasty racists but if you look deeper into it you might find more links...