![]() ![]() There have long been conspiracy theories surrounding Dr King's death. He spent the rest of his life trying to achieve a jury trial but was never successful. Ray was sentenced to 99 years in Tennessee state penitentiary without his case going to trial. He confessed on Mabut later changed his story and said he had falsely confessed. He was extradited to Tennessee and charged with Dr King's murder. Ray was attempting to flee the UK on a fake Canadian passport headed for Africa. James Earl Ray, a convict who had escaped from Missouri State prison, was arrested at Heathrow Airport in London two months after Dr King was shot dead. ![]() The prospective jurors were all men with only two African-Americans Glimpse of history: Also among the freshly restored clips are brief interviews with potential jurors if a trial of James Earl Ray had gone ahead.
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