Twelve jurors in the civil trial of James Earl Ray reached a unanimous verdict in 1999 that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated as a result of a conspiracy.

Twelve jurors in the civil trial of James Earl Ray reached a unanimous verdict in 1999 that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated as a result of a conspiracy. ( thekingcenter.org )

submitted 2017-01-16T14:40 by Vladimir_Komarov

8 comments

Wuttier 2017-01-17T10:38

They tried to make him kill himself first .

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physicscat 2017-01-16T17:35

I wouldn't be surprised this was true, but I'm not going to take this as truth from so little information in this article. A unanimous jury also found OJ Simpson not guilty.

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Vladimir_Komarov 2017-01-16T17:46

Interesting comparison as after the OJ criminal trial which was bungled on live TV, the civil trial found him guilty. Don't believe it, research it for yourself and draw your own conclusions.

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physicscat 2017-01-17T02:04

I know all about both.

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IfIDidIt 2017-01-16T17:08

Yeah, the federal civil case where they sued for a dollar and no representative from the government bothered to show up to refute their claims. If they lost that case to an empty chair it would lend a lot more credibility to a conspiracy than when they did run. As it stands it proves nothing.

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murraryrothbard 2017-01-16T16:52

Every MLK day this crops up as it should. So few people even know of it.

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pray_the_gay_away 2017-01-16T16:46

He was killed for his opposition to the Vietnam war. Towards the end of his life he began to shift his activism towards opposing the draft and more general human rights. He was murdered at a strategic time when he was standing on a motel balcony enjoying a cigarette after cheating on his wife.

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chickyrogue 2017-01-16T14:50

of course they did probably real evidence was allowed to be presented to them

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