James Earl Ray was stabbed and killed by another inmate named Dewayne Boyd at the Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary in Tennessee in 1998. Boyd attacked Ray in the prison courtyard with a knife.

James Earl Ray was incarcerated in Tennessee State Penitentiary in Nashville, Tennessee, following his conviction for the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

James Earl Ray committed a good many of crimes. His was convicted of his first crime, a burglary in California, in 1949. In 1952, he served two years in prison for the armed robbery of a taxi driver in Illinois. In 1955, Ray was convicted of mail fraud and served three years in prison because he stole money orders in Hannibal, Missouri and used the money to travel to Florida. In 1959, Ray committed armed robbery after he stole $120 from a Kroger in St. Louis. In 1969, he was charged with the murder of Martin Luther King, Jr. and sentenced to 99 years in prison. In 1977, while serving his murder charge, Ray escaped from prison and, when caught again, a year was added to his 99 year sentence, making it a total of 100 years.

So, to put it shortly, James Earl Ray committed around seven crimes.

Yes, James Earl Ray did attempt to escape from prison during his sentence of 99 years for the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. In 1977, he managed to briefly escape from the Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary in Tennessee but was recaptured three days later.

James Earl Ray was sentenced to 99 years in prison for the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. He died in prison in 1998.

James Earl Ray went to prison in 1969 after being convicted for the assassination of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.

James Earl Ray was sentenced to 99 years in prison for the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. However, he died in prison in 1998 after serving 29 years of his sentence.

James Earl Ray was not a garbage man. He was a fugitive who assassinated civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968. Ray was a career criminal who briefly worked as a laborer and small-time criminal.

James Ray - singer - died in 1964.

He was never exonerated by the government, which would have released him from prison. He was however deleted by the King family as well as Ambassador Andrew Young as a possible suspect.

James Earl Ray lived for 70 years. He was born on March 10, 1928 and died on April 23, 1998.

He was shot in his magic taco by James who did a backflip and shot his taco and unicorn with hot sauce!

When he shot Martin Luther King Jr.? No, after a bit they found out who shot him and went to jail.

James Earl Ray was captured in the city of London, England at London Heathrow Airport. Ray was attempting to leave England on a fake Canadian passport when he was caught.