1999 Trial of William Loeb and Benjamin Hooks event
also: the trial, this case, the plaintiff's case
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Martin Luther King Jr.person · 2Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.event · 2Memphisplace · 2Frank Libertoperson · 1Levada Addisonperson · 1Nathan Addisonperson · 1Raulperson · 1Judge Joe Brownperson · 1James Earl Rayperson · 1
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▶ 5:05
This is not the actual, because there wasn't really a trial at all, of the actual assassination. This is a trial that happened much later at the request of the MLK's family about the conspiracy and all of the other pieces that were never al…
▶ 6:28
but the hearsay statement is from a person who is speaking against his own interest, saying something that could put him in jail in the case of a defendant here that could have him indicted, then that is to be taken very seriously. It is ad…
▶ 6:59
It is a case that is divided really into nine sections. In the course of presenting that case to you, we've taken witnesses out of order simply because they came from various parts of the country and the world. We've had problems with sched…
▶ 7:29
So it's difficult for you sometimes perhaps to put all those pieces together in an orderly fashion. That's what I have to do. I have to try to do that. I have to set it out so that you can see how the case folds together. I'm going to try t…
▶ 7:57
The background of all of this, why you were here, why Martin Luther King was assassinated, why he came to Memphis before he was assassinated. So it dealt with the background. Then we moved with a second area concerned, which was the local c…
▶ 8:27
That's really what we're asking you to find, that there was a conspiracy. Thirdly, we dealt with the crime scene. What was this crime scene all about? Where was the crime scene? What happened there? Fourth, we went into the rifle. This is t…
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who was claimed to have been James Earl Ray's controller and the role that he played in this case. Then we move beyond that to what we have called a broader conspiracy beyond Memphis that reached into higher levels of government of the Unit…
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What was the cover-up activity and why is it important? And why have these events been shielded from public view so that only you, you 12, here today, day after day, and his honor alone, perhaps in this broad land, have heard this evidence?…
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The name defended in this case, his actual admissions against his own interest and what is in evidence with respect to that. We move lastly to an area of damages. And there was a fair amount of testimony on damages from the members of the f…
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One called a witness by the defense, Ms. Levada Addison, who had a conversation with Mr. Liberto. In her cafe, when Liberto leaned over the table at a time when the select committee hearings were on, apparently something came on the televis…
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Do you know what confidence the state had in their own chief witness? They didn't even call him at the time of the guilty plea hearing. He didn't even testify. Now the murder weapon itself, Judge Joe Brown heard testimony and evidence this …