James Earl Ray

James Earl Ray escaped from jail twice. The first time, in 1967, James escaped from the Missouri State Penitentiary by hiding in a truck that was transporting bread from the prison bakery.

His second escape on June 10, 1977, which was after he was convicted of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s murder, James (and six other fellow convicts) escaped from Brushy Mountain Penitentiary in Petros, Tennessee. James was captured three days later on June 13, 1977 and given another year of prison.

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

Yes, James Earl Ray was arrested for the murder of Martin Luther King, Jr. on June 10, 1968, nearly two months after King's murder, and was sentence to 56 years in prison.

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

James Earl Ray was sentenced on March 10, 1929 to 99 years in prison for killing Martin Luther King, Jr. However, he only served around 29 of those years because he died on April 23, 1998.

James Earl Ray was convicted of the assassination of Doctor Martin Luther King Junior on 10th March 1969 and was sentenced to 99 years in prison.

He died in prison on 23rd April 1998.

he was sentence to 99 years in jail he died when he was 70 years old .

James Earl Ray spent 29 years in prison before dying of hepatitis C in 1998. He was serving a 99-year sentence for the assassination of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.

he was in jail for 99 years and 1 year for escaping

James Earl Ray was charged with the murder of Martin Luther King Jr. in the first degree.

James Earl Ray was sentenced to 99 years in prison for the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968. He pleaded guilty to the crime in order to avoid the death penalty.

James Earl Ray was sentenced to 99 years in prison for the murder of Martin Luther King, Jr., but Ray only served about 30 of the 99 years because he died in 1998 at the age of 70.

Yes James Earl ray was convicted and sent to jail. I think he died of cancer.

James Earl Ray shot Dr.King on the right cheek, the bullet traveled to his neck, then it stopped at the shoulder blade

James Earl Ray was 40-years-old when he killed Martin Luther King, Jr.

James Earl Ray was 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. and sentenced to 99 years in prison. He died in prison on April 23, 1998, after serving 29 years of his sentence.

James Earl Ray, a white supremacist, killed Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968 out of racial hatred and a desire to ignite racial tensions. Ray was also motivated by a personal grudge against King's activism for civil rights.

James Earl Ray pleaded guilty to the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968, but later recanted his confession. There are still doubts and conspiracy theories surrounding the assassination, with some believing that Ray may not have acted alone. The official stance remains that Ray was responsible for the killing.

James Earl Ray was convicted of killing Martin Luther King Jr. On April 4, 1968, he shot King with a rifle at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. Ray was captured in London on June 8, and confessed to the killing on March 10, 1969 (though he retracted his confession 3 days later). Ray died in prison of kidney disease and liver failure in 1998.

Conspiracy theory: It is argued that James Earl Ray killed Martin Luther King, Jr., but King's family does not believe that he killed King. Not only the King family, but also the Reverend Jesse Jackson and several other prominent black leaders believe in the government conspiracy to assassinate King and in James Earl Ray's innocence.

because James earl did not like Martin Luther King Jr. and how he wanted to change the world but all he was trying to do was make everybody like each other this is a better world now so I really don't know why James Earl killed Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. that was stupid plus he killed him because white mean people did not like black people but black did everything for white people some white people are so rude and mean and ungreat full ugh

James Earl Ray shot Martin Luther King Jr. because of his racist beliefs and opposition to the civil rights movement that King was leading. Ray was motivated by a desire to promote segregation and suppress the advancement of African Americans.

Obviously not only was James Earl Ray a racist person that believed the freedom of blacks a dangerous thing. He decided the only way to deal with the problem was to assassinate the source: Dr. Martin Luther King. However his death only served to fuel the fires, since people across the nation saw him as a martyr.

James Earl Ray is related to Martin Luther King, Jr. because he killed Martin Luther King, Jr. Ray shot and killed King on April 4, 1968, while King was standing on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee.

No, James Earl Ray was not buried. He was cremated and his ashes were taken to Ireland.