James Earl Ray

Allow me to refute Earl Ofari Hutchinson’s “irrefutable” evidence that James Earl Ray killed Martin Luther King Jr. (Commentary, Dec. 10). It’s true that his fingerprints were found on the alleged murder weapon, and that Ray confessed. However, he confessed after being locked up in solitary confinement, forbidden from talking to his lawyer, for about a month. Once released, he immediately recanted. The courts didn’t accept his reversal, so nobody bothered to perform ballistic tests on the alleged weapon. How convenient.

None of this proves his innocence, but the case against him is far from clear.

MIGUEL MUNOZ

Los Angeles