attorney William Pepper
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Attorney William Pepper is an American lawyer and author best known for representing James Earl Ray and advancing the controversial claim that Martin Luther King Jr. was killed as part of a broader conspiracy.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| attorney William Pepper canonical | 1 |
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| instanceOf |
attorney
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human ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
civil rights movement history
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controversial historical revisionism regarding political assassinations ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Columbia University
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London School of Economics ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
civil rights–related litigation
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political assassination investigations ⓘ |
| genre |
non-fiction
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political literature ⓘ true crime ⓘ |
| hasOccupation | barrister ⓘ |
| hasPerspective | critical of official accounts of the Martin Luther King Jr. assassination ⓘ |
| hasRole | investigator into the circumstances of Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination ⓘ |
| hasWrittenAbout |
alleged government conspiracies
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assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ |
| knownFor | claiming that Martin Luther King Jr. was killed as part of a broader conspiracy ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| legalClaim |
James Earl Ray was not the lone assassin of Martin Luther King Jr.
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the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. involved a broader conspiracy ⓘ |
| movement | conspiracy theories about the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ |
| notableFor |
advocacy of a conspiracy theory regarding the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
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legal representation of James Earl Ray ⓘ |
| notableWork | books on the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
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lawyer ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
United Kingdom
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United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| positionHeld | defense attorney for James Earl Ray in post-conviction efforts ⓘ |
| represented | James Earl Ray NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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James Earl Ray fired the shot that killed Martin Luther King Jr.
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attorney William Pepper
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subject surface form:
James Earl Ray