The dust jacket for The Plot to Kill King quotes former United States Attorney General Ramsey Clark as stating that "No one has done more than Dr. William F. Pepper to keep alive the quest for truth concerning the violent death of Martin Luther King." This is unassailably true. Dr. King's murder has never received anything approaching the level of attention and scrutiny that has been.. The Plot to Kill King compels readers to interrogate the integrity of the historical record and the health of democratic institutions. The book asserts that the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. emerged not from random violence or personal animus, but from deliberate calculation at the highest levels of American power.
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.. 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.