{"product_id":"who-killed-martin-luther-king-jr-second-edition","title":"Who Killed Martin Luther King Jr.?: Second Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003eJames Earl Ray never had a trial. A few days after he was coerced into pleading guilty  he withdrew his guilty plea. Tennessee law provides Ray with the right to a trial  but his eight requests for a trial have been denied. Now Martin Luther King  Jr.s widow  Coretta Scott King  has joined Ray in seeking a trial to set the record straight. Her son  Dexter King  told a Tennessee court on February 20  1997: \"It is right  for the sake of truth and justice that there be a trial to get at the truth. Nothing but the truth will set us free.\" The rifle that Ray admits he brought to Memphis in April  1968 was never test-fired; its bullets were never compared to the bullet that killed Martin Luther King  Jr. Although the FBI stated that the bullet was too damaged to test  ballistics experts agree that newly developed technology  a scanning electron microscope  can determine whether the rifle with Rays fingerprints was the weapon. The rifle with Rays fingerprints on it was carefully left on Main Street in Memphis in a box  along with Rays prison radio. The radio had Rays identification number etched into it. Would an assassin take time to leave incriminating evidence before fleeing the scene? In 1994 a former federal judge and a jury from Memphis heard attorneys present a televised mock trial of James Earl Ray. A former prosecutor presented the case and Ray was defended by an attorney of his choice. The jury found Ray \"not guilty.\" The real killer has never been apprehended. After reading this book you too will ask \"Who Killed Martin Luther King  Jr.?\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44968171241525,"sku":"ByrdShop_1569247110","price":59.06,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781569247112.jpg?v=1770648238","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/who-killed-martin-luther-king-jr-second-edition","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}