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James Earl Ray - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Ray was quickly extradited to Tennessee and charged with King's murder, confessing to the assassination on March 10, 1969, (though he recanted this confession three days later) and was sentenced to 99 years in prison. |
 | | Ray and six other convicts escaped from Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary in Petros, Tennessee on June 10, 1977 shortly after Ray testified that he did not shoot King to the House Select Committee on Assassinations, but were recaptured on June 13 and returned to prison. |
 | | Ray died in prison April 23, 1998 at age 70 from complications related to kidney disease, caused by hepatitis C. |
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