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| 1968 | Arrest |  |
| 8th June London Arrested for the murder of Martin Luther King by Scotland Yard at London airport |
| 1968 | Assassination | |
| 8th June London Arrested for the murder of Martin Luther King by Scotland Yard at London airport |
| 8th June London Two months after King's death, escaped convict James Earl Ray is captured at London Heathrow Airport while trying to leave the United Kingdom on a false Canadian passport in the name of Ramon George Sneyd |
| 1969 | Arrest | |
| 10th Mar London Ray is extradited to Tennessee and charged with King's murder, confessing to the assassination, though he recants this confession three days later |
| 1969 | Assassination | |
| Mar London On the advice of his attorney Percy Foreman, Ray makes guilty plea to avoid a trial conviction and thus the possibility of receiving the death penalty, Ray is sentenced to a 99-year prison term |
| 10th Mar London Ray is extradited to Tennessee and charged with King's murder, confessing to the assassination, though he recants this confession three days later |
| 1969 | Trial | |
| Mar London On the advice of his attorney Percy Foreman, Ray makes guilty plea to avoid a trial conviction and thus the possibility of receiving the death penalty, Ray is sentenced to a 99-year prison term |
