What is James Earl Ray?
{{Infobox criminal | name = James Earl Ray | image_name = James Earl Ray.jpg | image_size = | image_caption = Mug shot of Ray taken in 1955 | birth_date = {{Birth date|1928|03|10}} | birth_place = [[Alton, Illinois]], [[United States]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|1998|04|23|1928|03|10}} | death_place = [[Nashville]], [[Tennessee]], United States | death_cause = [[Kidney disease]] and [[Liver failure]] caused by [[Hepatitis C]] | parents = James Gerald Ray | criminal_status = Deceased | alias = | conviction = [[Murder]], [[prison escape]]<br>armed [[robbery]], [[burglary]] | conviction_penalty = 99 years imprisonment (one year was added after his re-capture for a total of 100 years) | occupation = | spouse = {{marriage |Anna Sandhu |1978|1993|end=div}} | children = }} '''James Earl Ray''' (March 10, 1928 – April 23, 1998) was the man who was convicted of murdering [[Civil and political rights|Civil Rights]] leader [[Martin Luther King, Jr]] on April 4, 1968. He was sentenced to 99 years in [[prison]].<ref name=cnn>{{Cite web|url=http://edition.cnn.com/US/9804/23/ray.obit/|title=CNN - James Earl Ray, convicted King assassin, dies - April 23, 1998|work=edition.cnn.com|accessdate=25 January 2011|archive-date=29 October 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061029154237/http://edition.cnn.com/US/9804/23/ray.obit/|url-status=dead}}</ref> At first he said that he had shot King, but he later said that he did not do it. There are multiple conspiracy theories surrounding the assassination. Majority believe that it was his white supremicist views that caused him to assassinate Martin Luther King, Jr. While others believe it was for his own personal ambition and fiancial gain. Many other conspericies state that it was a government that was the cause of Martin Luther King, Jr's assassination, including King's own family and claim the James Earl Ray is innocent. ==Early life== He was born