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James Earl Ray

“I did enter a plea of guilty in the Martin Luther King, Jr. homicide”

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“I did enter a plea of guilty in the Martin Luther King, Jr. homicide”

Controversial figure (1928–1998) convicted and jailed for the 1968 assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. TLS signed “J. E. Ray,” one page, 8.5 x 11, May 24, 1993. Ray writes to a judge in California. In part: “I did enter a plea of guilty in the Martin Luther King, Jr. homicide. I have referred to how the State obtained the plea in the book, primarily because the government obtained control over the attorney representing me. There has never been a ‘confession’ in the case such as my talking to agents of the prosecution and giving them a detailed ‘confession…the media and substantial elements of the legal system appears to have almost a mania for ‘confessions’ regardless of the validity of the confessions.” In fine condition. RRAuction COA.

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  • Dates: #357 - Ended May 12, 2010