Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s widow called for a national commission to investigate her husband’s assassination Thursday, two days before the 30th anniversary of his slaying. In Atlanta, Coretta Scott King called for a meeting with President Clinton to discuss possible new evidence and recent developments in the case and to ask him to initiate a new investigation. Mrs. King said she would like an investigative commission with the authority to provide immunity and protection for anyone who comes forward to tell what they know about King’s death. “My family and I are still appealing for justice,” Mrs. King said outside her husband’s crypt at the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change. The family has pushed unsuccessfully for a trial for James Earl Ray, who confessed to the killing in 1969 but later recanted.
