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Convicts found guilty in stab attack on Ray at prison
An all white jury convicts three black inmates Dock Walker John W Partee and Jerome Ransom of assault with intent to commit first degree murder in the June 1981 stabbing of James Earl Ray at Brushy Mountain Penitentiary Ray survived after 22 stab wounds and was later moved to Tennessee State Prison. Walker and Partee receive 60 year sentences while Ransom gets 20 years to be added to existing terms. The verdict comes amid defense claims of racial bias in the jury selection.
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Knoxville. Tenn
James Earl Ray
Ray
Martin Luther King Jr
Brushy Mountain
Tennessee State Prison
Nashville
Dock Walker
John W. Partee
Jerome Ransom
Walker
Partee
Ransom
John Duncan Jr
Criminal Court
Isaiah Gant
Chattanooga
Memphis