King’s Son Supports Furlough for Ray
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A son of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. says the state would be cruel to deny a medical furlough to James Earl Ray for his final days. “Here’s a man who’s close to death,” Dexter King said of his father’s imprisoned assassin. “The humanitarian aspect is not being considered.” Ray, 70, who suffers from a serious liver disease and was briefly in a coma last week, was in fair condition at a hospital. His lead lawyer, William Pepper, has been talking with prosecutors about a possible furlough after 30 years in prison.
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