William F. Pepper
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Dr. William F. Pepper, an international lawyer, was the attorney for James Earl Ray, the supposed killer of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. He believes that Ray was a patsy for the assassination, and that King was killed by a conspiracy that involved governmental agencies. Pepper, a friend of King in the last year of his life, represented James Earl Ray, attempting to get him the trial that he never had. Pepper then represented the King family in a wrongful death civil trial King family vs. Loyd Jowers and other unknown co-conspirators. During a trial that lasted four weeks he produced over seventy witnessess. The jury took less than an hour to find in favour of the King family.
Bibliography
- 1973: The self-managed child: Paths to cultural rebirth, ISBN 0060903104
- 1982: Sex Discrimination in Employment: An Analysis and Guide for Practitioner and Student, ISBN 0872153312
- 1995: Orders to Kill: The Truth Behind the Murder of Martin Luther King, ISBN 0786702532
- 2003: An Act Of State: The Execution of Martin Luther King, ISBN 1859846955
- 2003: Die Hinrichtung des Martin Luther King, ISBN 3720524051
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