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Ray seeks new trial claiming innocence in King assassination
James Earl Ray argues he was coerced into pleading guilty in 1969 and now seeks a trial to challenge the murder conviction tied to civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. The appeal before the Sixth Circuit raises whether Foreman’s influence violated Ray's right to counsel and whether a conspiracy might be shown.
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Cincinnati
UPI
Martin Luther King
James Earl Ray
Ray
James Lesar
U.S. 6Th Circuit Court of Appeals
King
Memphis
Tenn
Tennessee State Prison
Nashville
Lesar
Percy Foreman
Foreman
Tennessee
Anthony Celebrezze
William Miller
William Haynes Jr
Tennessee Attorney General's Office
Haynes
Washington
Special Prosecutor
California
Ed Reinecke
U.S. Supreme Court
Reinecke
U.S. Senate
International Telephone and Telegraph
U.S. Court of Appeal
Clarice Feldman
Court of Appeals