The assassination of President John F. Kennedy was one of the greatest shocks to the nation and had a profound impact on all presidencies to come. The assassination is a lot commonly a topic of discussion because there are thousands of theories of who exactly killed JFK. The main suspect in the JFK assassination, Lee Harvey Oswald, was killed just days after the assassination by Jack Ruby. With that being said there was never a trial for Oswald. After the assassination the succeeding president Lyndon B. Johnson established the Warren Commission to investigate the assassination. The Warren Commission concluded Oswald did kill the president and he acted alone. Many of Americans do not believe in the Warren Commission's conclusion for the sole reason because of all the different possibilities and evidence leading in different directions. There is strong evidence for and against Oswald killing JFK. I believe Oswald did kill JFK and would have presented this evidence in the trial.
The first piece of evidence to be put into trial is Zapruder film. This film captures the moments leading up to, during and moments after the assassination. Being the actual assassination caught on film, this makes the evidence relevant and material to the case. I would put Mr. Zapruder to the stand to present this evidence and as a lay witness. He would be asked where he was standing, what he witnessed that day, the type of camera he used and how the evidence was transported and never tampered with in any way. Other witnesses would corroborate saying this is how the scene looked and was on the day of the assassination. The evidence may be objected to on the grounds that it is way to gruesome and will be stuck in the jury's mind and cause an unfair tr...
... middle of paper ...
...thought it would go through making a small entrance and exit, but the bones of the skull are enough to deform the end of this bullet causing it to expend a lot of energy and blowing out the side of the skull or blowing out fragments of the skull." Concluding that the C2766 rifle could have done the damage dealt to the presidents head.
To conclude, it is clear beyond a reasonable doubt that Lee Harvey Oswald committed the unlawful killing of another human being with malice aforethought. Despite all the directions the American people want to point the evidence it is clear that Mr. Oswald is the killer, with evidence from Ballistics, the Zapruder film, eye witness accounts and a man who was possibly the closes man to Oswald's personal life. All the evidence presented to the court is more than conclusive to the assassin of Preside John F. Kennedy on November 22nd 1963.
John F. Kennedy’s assassination has been a mystery since it happened in 1993. John F. Kennedy was shot in a moving car in Dallas, Texas. The murder surprised the nation in a time of peace and calmness, It was also “... the first time the vivid immediacy of such acts was brought into the homes of millions” (“The Warren
Personally, I think that Oswald assisted in killing JFK. I do think that the government agencies were in on this and that the two evidence text was plotted to cause a feeling of not being positive about who killed JFK. But I also do think that the two pieces of evidence serves as a distraction. To confuse the evidence. It’s very humorous. lol
Kennedy assassination. The single-bullet theory was introduced by the Warren Commission in its investigation of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy to explain what happened to the bullet that struck Kennedy in the back and exited through his throat. The Warren Commission that investigated the Kennedy assassination established that the reactions of Kennedy and Connally happened too close together for two single shots, even from the same gun, to have been accountable for their injuries. In an interview with Piers Morgan Stone said, the single-shooter theory and the "magic bullet" theory "fall apart, if anybody in their right mind looks at it." "It angers me sometimes, to think of the degree of stupidity about Oswald and the Mannlicher-Carcano (rifle) on the sixth floor making these shots. It's almost as if we don't believe what we see with our own eyes in the Zapruder film," Stone
731). One of the more widely held theories was that Oswald had killed Kennedy on behalf of the
The assassination of John F. Kennedy led many Americans to distrust their own federal government. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed the Warren Commission to investigate Kennedy's death, but the way that they handled it resulted in many American citizens to lose trust in their country. The Warren Commission concluded that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in the assassination of President Kennedy, but the view of the general public was that the killing was a conspiracy. They believed that the Warren Commission withheld important evidence about the event that took place on November 22, 1963. Many also accused the Warren Commission of not fully investigating the crime which caused a large number of American citizens to lose trust in their own government.
In 1976, the US Senate ordered a fresh inquiry into the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, who was murdered in 1963 during a motorcade in Dallas, Texas while campaigning for re-election. People who had been involved in the original Warren Commission investigations were asked to make fresh statements. The FBI and the CIA were persuaded to release more of their documents on Oswald. New lines of inquiry were opened and individuals who had not previously given evidence were persuaded to come forward. Most important of all, pieces of evidence such as photos and sound recordings were subjected to scientific analysis using the most up-to-date methods and equipment. The House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA) completed their investigation in 1979 and they finally came to a discrete verdict that Lee Harvey Oswald fired three shots at Kennedy, one of which killed the president. A fourth shot was fired from the grassy knoll, which was contradictory to the statement printed by the Warren Commission 16 years earlier. They concluded that John Kennedy was assassinated as the result of a conspiracy.
1. The fact that two dozen police showed up to arrest Oswald for the assassination is believable, the fact that two dozen police showed up for a call in for not paying for a movie ticket is absurd and suspicious.
Assassination is a strong word with a powerful meaning. Assassination is defined as to kill suddenly or secretively, especially a politically prominent person; murder premeditatedly and treacherously. Assassinations and attempts have occurred throughout history. The victim is sometimes aware or unaware about their dangerous situation but is either guarded or unguarded. The assassin must have qualities of being determined, courage and intelligence to make the mission successful. Assassination is a long process of planning. It can take even years just to plan an assassination of a victim. Often times, assassination planning cannot be on paper because it can be evidence. The most common ways of assassination are using weapons, drugs, accidents and explosives. Surprisingly, the most common way of assassination is by gun. There can be many motives for assassination such as jealousy, political or religious ideas, revenge and etc. There are many famous assassinations. The assassination of Julius Caesar is very famous. Julius Caesar was Roman political figure, who was later was made the dictator of Rome, that was assassinated by the Senators.
Witnesses on the day claimed to see the shots fired from the sixth story window of the Depository. Oswald was one of the few working in the building on that day, which raises even more suspicion about him. Oswald had access to all the materials needed to kill the President. The fact that Oswald killed the police officer questioning him speaks volumes about his guilt as well.
While researching the Kennedy assassination there were many articles, saying that the mob was involved in the shooting. The writers were convinced that there was more than one person involved when it came too killing John Kennedy, on that warm sunny day in downtown Dallas. However, while these authors were convinced that there was another party involved, so was the rest of America with eighty percent saying the report was false. The goal of this paper is to bring this topic into the spotlight once more, by connecting the shooting of the president with the mob, and Lee Harvey Oswald.
Believe it or not, wounds from the victim are also evidence. The wound can allow the investigators to match up any marks that could have been made from the weapon and therefore allows them to determine at what angle, distance, and how fast the weapon was used. The last type of evidence I will discuss is documents. Everyone has different handwriting and different characteristics that make it unique. Computers are also unique in the way they type and print things.
In the early nineteen sixties, John Fitzgerald Kennedy held the position as president of the United States. President Kennedy was very popular among the people, but because of his extreme principles and policies, Kennedy had some critics however. President Kennedy became a strong ruler of America in the sixties, which made individuals worried. As for one man named Lee Harvey Oswald, he thought the same. Oswald an ex-military sharpshooter had a plan of his own for Kennedy. On November 22nd of 1963, President John F. Kennedy was shot by Lee Harvey Oswald, from the 6th floor of the Texas School Book Depository (Wunsch 2). Although, people believe Oswald was accompanied by multiple assassins. This was later disproved by the Warren Commission. Many speculate that Lee Harvey Oswald was not a lone assassin, but much evidence points to Oswald being the lone assassinator of John F. Kennedy.
On May 29th, 1917, the 35th president of the United States, John Fitzgerald Kennedy was born in Brookline, Massachusetts to a large family of nine siblings, with parents Joseph and Rose Kennedy (Brinkley). John was born into a multi-million dollar business executive, Joseph P. Kennedy (Biographies). Ever since John was a kid he always searched for his full potential in his career, therefore he put his heart and soul into becoming the United States president so that he could finally realize the impact he would make in the world.
Some important visual evidence for the jury to see would be a reenactment to see how the murder went down, pictures to show the aftermath, and some witnesses or previous victims to testify. The jury doesn’t need to see what they already know. For example, if the jury is aware that Jeffrey Wright was killed by being stabbed, showing them the murder weapon will not help them understand any more than they already do. The same can be said about the ties used to hold him down to the bed.
Thesis Statement: Because of extensive evidence, I believe that Lee Harvey Oswald did not act alone on the day of November 22, 1963 in the assassination of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy. The additional gunman was strategically placed in the grassy knoll area, in order to shoot at Kennedy from a frontal view (Rubinstein 4).