William Francis Pepper (born August 16, 1937) is a former attorney based in New York City who is most noted for his efforts to prove government culpability and the innocence of James Earl Ray in the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., as well as the King family, in subsequent years.
Pepper has also been trying to prove the innocence of Sirhan Sirhan in the assassination of Robert F.
Kennedy.
He is the author of several books.
He has been active in other government conspiracy cases, including the 9/11 Truth movement, and has advocated that George W.