ABOUT JAMES EARL RAY
Criminal who assassinated American Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. . and was sentenced to life in prison.
He dropped out of school and served in the United States Army during World War II.
His first arrests were for a 1949 burglary in California and a 1952 armed robbery in Illinois.
His marriage to Anna Sandhu ended in divorce.
He assassinated Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. while King was standing on the balcony of a Memphis, Tennessee motel.
