Johnny Cairns

Mark, if you are willing to present the case against Oswald, I’m all ears. I would be quite intrigued how the evidence amassed by the Dallas Police could prove anything beyond a reasonable doubt…

Yet not one of the Oswald did it brigade, could even begin to prove the case against him beyond a reasonable doubt. If you can, the floors all yours.

Spot on Gil.

Mark… WF/JL to Calloway; “We want to be sure. We want to try and wrap him up real tight on killing this officer. We think he is the same one that shot the President and if we can warp him up tight on killing this officer, we have got him.” Do you think that’s a fair and impartial way to make a line-up?

Gerry, As a basic requirement, in my opinion, have you read the WCR? How about any of the exhibits of the 26 Volumes?

Percy Foreman; Federal decisions for at least five years have held that a defendant has a right to legal counsel at every level including arraignment before a justice of the peace. It's not being done in Texas, but it's the law, and (Oswald) is entitled to counsel whether he requests it or not.

It’s not a myth? Oswald was wronged by being questioned without a lawyer. Fact.

If everyone else is well dressed but you are in a t-shirt and you’re name and place of work, which you had to tell to the ‘witnesses’ viewing the line-up, was highly disseminated to the public, when everyone else was giving false names and places of work, would you think the line-ups were fair?? Again, what about the Calloway quote? Any comments on that? As Dr Buckout stated: the line-ups were utterly worthless.

The Kennedy/Tippit family were not on trial, only Oswald, who was tried and convicted many, many times by the conduct of the Dallas Police. Have you read the Warren Report? Because they even had to confront the abhorrent treatment Oswald was subjected to whilst in custody. Oswald’s statements could perjure a jury? What like when the Dallas Police told the American people the man was a communist? Or when they publicly released all the evidence against him to the American people? Again, anyone that tries to argue the deplorable line-ups Oswald was subject to is onto a serious loser. Again, wouldn’t you, innocent accused of a crime, not protest such line-ups? What about the disclosures of the DPD to Calloway? Think that’s a fair way to make a line-up? The fact remains that Oswald’s civil and constitutional rights were grossly violated by the Dallas Officials, which resulted in his murder whilst in custody. Utterly deplorable.

You are spot on, it was a travesty Greg. Anyone that tries to advocate for the opposite, ask yourself this question. If you were in Oswald’s position, innocent, accused of a crime, do you think you would have been treated fairly as a result of the Dallas Police conduct? The American Civil Liberties union charged yesterday that the police and prosecuting officials of Dallas committed gross violations of civil liberties in their handling of Lee H. Oswald, the accused assassin of President Kennedy. The ACLU said that it would have been simply impossible for Oswald, had he lived, to have obtained a fair trial because he had already been tried and convicted by the public statements of Dallas law enforcement officials.

Oswald’s civil and constitutional rights were egregiously violated by the Dallas officials.

Thanks for the kind words Jim, they are appreciated.

Sad news Jim. God bless him.