The Plot to Kill King: The Truth Behind the Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.

Bestselling author, James Earl Ray’s defense attorney, and, later, lawyer for the King family William Pepper reveals who actually killed MLK.William Pepper was James Earl Ray’s lawyer in the trial for the murder of Martin Luther King Jr., and even after Ray’s conviction and death, Pepper continues to adamantly argue Ray’s innocence. This myth-shattering exposé is a revised, updated, and heavily expanded volume of Pepper’s original bestselling and critically acclaimed book Orders to Kill, with twenty-six years of additional research included.The result reveals dramatic new details of the night of the murder, the trial, and why Ray was chosen to take the fall for an evil conspiracy—a government-sanctioned assassination of our nation’s greatest leader. The plan, according to Pepper, was for a team of United States Army Special Forces snipers to kill King, but just as they were taking aim, a backup civilian assassin pulled the trigger. The table of contents include:Chapter 1: The Road to MemphisChapter 2: Deathly SupportChapter 3: The Patsy RitualChapter 4: Questions AboundChapter 5: The Prison InterviewChapter 6: The Deepening PlotChapter 7: Showtime—Investigative HearingsChapter 8: The Unscripted Television TrialChapter 9: Doors Begin to OpenChapter 10: Roots of the Civil TrialChapter 11: DiscoveryChapter 12: A Darker, Deeper Scene EmergesChapter 13: A Patsy’s DeathChapter 14: A Key Player Begins to TalkChapter 15: The Civil TrialChapter 16: Raul Coelho (“Raul”)Chapter 17: The Verdict and the Media SilenceChapter 18: A Courageous Witness Comes ForwardChapter 19: The MeetingChapter 20: More Flesh on the BonesChapter 21: The Ultimate AssassinIn The Plot to Kill King, Pepper shares the evidence and testimonies that prove that Ray was a fall guy chosen by those who viewed King as a dangerous revolutionary. His findings make the book one of the most important of our time—the uncensored story of the murder of an American hero that contains disturbing revelations about the obscure inner-workings of our government and how it continues, even today, to obscure the truth.