'Case closed' excerpts: author attempts to dismantle conspiracies

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Jim Garrison, the district attorney who headed the Kennedy assassination investigation, was discharged from the National Guard due to a neurosis which the Army felt rendered him incapable of military duty and impaired in civilian life. During his legal career, he often brought sensational charges but seldom prosecuted them or got anyone convicted. His work to implicate Clay Shaw in an alleged plot to assassinate Kennedy must be viewed in this light. Whenever the media seemed on the verge of unraveling one of Garrison's conspiracy theories, he would disclose another one. Garrison also appeared paranoid to associates.

Psychological aspects, Investigations, Biography, Conspiracy, Garrison, Jim

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Book: despite its errors, the Warren Commission reached the right result

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Jack Ruby's shooting of Lee Harvey Oswald gave rise to many rumors about President Kennedy's assassination, and the government decided to hold public investigations. The Warren Commission met for the first time on Dec 5, 1963, just a short time after the assassination and issued its final report on Sep 24, 1964. The commission did an admirable job of collecting data, but 10 months was not long enough to adequately investigate all important issues. Other Commission problems included insufficient manpower and the Kennedy family's unwillingness to release autopsy photos for study.

Presidents, Presidents (Government), Authorship, Posner, Gerald L.

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Excerpts: staking out turf in a high-profile trial. After a notorious crime, prosecutors and defense seek a pretrial edge

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The book 'Gone in the Night: The Dowaliby Family's Encounter With Murder and the Law' on the 1988 murder of seven-year-old Jaclyn Dowaliby is excerpted. The excerpt concerns the time leading up to her parents' trial for her murder and the pretrial skirmishes between defense and prosecution. Defense attorney Ralph Meczyk was unhappy that he would not be allowed to present evidence on the psychiatric illness of the state's chief witness. He also retained a psychology professor to help him select the potential jury members he should have excused.

Murder, Gone in the Night: The Dowaliby Family's Encounter With Murder and the Law (Book)

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