James Earl Ray8 June 1968
Arrested for the murder of Martin Luther King by Scotland Yard at London airport
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Arrested for the murder of Martin Luther King by Scotland Yard at London airport
Ray is extradited to Tennessee and charged with King's murder, confessing to the assassination, though he recants this confession three days later
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