Act of State The Execution of Martin Luther King

Name: Act of State The Execution of Martin Luther King
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ISBN: 9781844672851

ISBN-10: 1844672859

ISBN-13: 9781844672851

Edition: 2nd 2008 (Revised)

Authors: William F. Pepper, William Pepper

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The definitive account of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr, published on the 40th anniversary of his death. Martin Luther King, Jr. was the most powerful and eloquent champion of the poor and oppressed in US history, and at the height of his fame in the mid-sixties seemed to offer the real possibility of a new and radical beginning for liberal politics in the USA. In 1968, he was assassinated; the movement for social and economic change has never recovered. The conviction of James Earl Ray for his murder has never looked even remotely safe, and when William Pepper began to investigate the case it was the start of a twenty-five year campaign for justice. At a civil trial in 1999,…

Book details

List price: $21.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Verso Books
Publication date: 4/17/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 350
Size: 5.92" wide x 7.99" long x 1.02" tall
Weight: 1.056







The beginning


The House Select Committee on Assassinations report


Relocation and more investigations



The television trial of James Earl Ray



The continuing investigation: Loyd Jowers's involvement


Breakthroughs, January-April 15 1994



New strands and connections


H. L. Hunt


James's last parole hearing


The Whitlock/Liberto story


The hedge


Art Baldwin's account


Another Marcello scenario


Louie Ward's account



Raul and the Grabows



The conspiracy deepens


Military organization


The Memphis mission


Eric S. Galt



New allies, revelations, and untimely deaths


James Earl Ray's terminal illness


Enter the King family


The last judicial proceedings


Loyd Jowers - continued


James dies


Post-mortem events


Don Wilson's materials






The trial


The background


The local conspiracy


The crime scene


The murder weapon


Raul


The broader conspiracy


The cover-up


The defendant's prior admissions


Damages


The case for the defense


The closing arguments


The jury instructions


The verdict


The judgment



The aftermath and a post-trial summary


The media


The spins


New evidence


What we now know



A vision unto death and a truth beyond the grave


Non nobis solum nati sumas


Disciple and master



The state's case: the how and the why of the assassination


Why?


How? - according to the state and its publicists


The key issues



The United States Attorney General's report


Methodology


Loyd Jowers


The location of the shooter - the rooming house


The location of the murder weapon


The Liberto involvement


The involvement of the Memphis Police Department (MPD)


The allegations of Donald Wilson


The forensic examination of the documents


Raul


Conspiracy allegations emanating from the King v. Jowers and other unknown co-conspirators trial


Epilogue


Afterword


Appendices


Notes


Index