Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee. The man who was convicted of killing him is James Earl Ray. Ray was a fugitive from the Missouri State Penitentiary at the time of the assassination. He was captured in London, England, and extradited to the United States, where he pleaded guilty to the murder and was sentenced to 99 years in prison. However, there have been conspiracy theories surrounding King's assassination, suggesting that there may have been others involved. It's important to note that James Earl Ray's conviction is widely accepted as the official account of King's assassination.
