James Earl Ray

30-06-caliber rifle and a box of 20 cartridges from the Aeromarine Supply Company. were allegedly circled. His chief interest however was the George Wallace presidential campaign.

He later recanted his confession and tried unsuccessfully to gain a new trial. James Earl Ray (March 10 1928 – April 23 1998) was an American criminal convicted of the assassination of civil rights and anti-war activist Martin Luther King Jr. He died in prison of hepatitis C.