Post by mainframetechPost by bigdogPost by mainframetechPost by bigdogPost by mainframetechPost by bigdogPost by mainframetechActually, it was shown to have errors all over the place early on, and
as an information tool, it was really a prosecution without an adversarial
procedure on a dead man that couldn't respond or defend himself.
The Warren Commision was not a prosecution. It was a fact finding body. It
had no power to take away anyone's life, liberty, or property.
What life did they want to take away?
No one's.
Post by mainframetechWhere in the world are you?
Ohio.
Post by mainframetechWe
know the purpose of the WC. And it had a great deal of power to do all
they if they prosecuted someone as strongly as they did to Oswald.
They never prosecuted Oswald. That can only be done in a court of law.
I'm glad you agree with me. So when they DID indeed prosecute him and
didn't allow him any spokesman to defend his reputation and freedom, you
believe they were in the wrong and were committing a crime. Right?
You deserve a Marshie award for you poor reading comprehension.
Post by mainframetechPost by bigdogPost by mainframetechChoosing what evidence they would show and consider and what would be kept
out of sight.
Funny how you guys are accusing the WC of keeping evidence out of sight
when much of what you use to attack them is information contained in the
26 volumes which they made available to the public.
an example was some people that saw contradicting evidence to Oswald
being in the window with a rifle. Those people weren't allowed to
testify. And that is many people.
Such as...???
Such as Carolyn Walther, who saw 2 men with guns at 12:25pm. She
thought it was on the 4-5th floor, but it was probably the 6th. Couldn't
be 2 people with guns and not be on the 6th.
Such as John Powell, who looked across from a nearby building and saw 2
men with a gun at 12:15pm.
Such as Carolyn Arnold, TSBD employee, who saw Oswald in the lunchroom
at about 12:25 having lunch.
Such as Arnold Rowland who saw a man with a rifle at 12:15 in the
window of the 6th floor.
All these people seeing men with guns in the TSBD, while Oswald is
eating lunch in the lunchroom. The statement of Carolyn Arnold (to the
FBI) was too damaging to the WC lawyers theory of the 'lone gunman', so
she never got to testify for the WC. Yet she could have proved that
Oswald was innocent. The WC couldn't have that. They knew they were
there to take in the suckers that Oswald was guilty. Yet another error(?)
of the WC.
Amazing how all those people saw men with rifles where the President was
about to arrive and not one of them thought to alert the police about
it.
As for Carolyn Arnold, even if her dubious tale were true, it would not
preclude Oswald being in the sniper's nest at 12:30 since it doesn't take
five miinutes to go from the lunchroom to the sniper's nest. Oswald
claimed he was in the domino room, not the lunchroom, so how do you square
those two tales.
Post by mainframetechPost by bigdogPost by mainframetechPost by bigdogPost by mainframetechMaking sure he had no representation.
He didn't need any. He was dead.
Better look through a few legal books. His estate might have been
affected by his status as a convicted killer or an innocent man.
Since he was never convicted, that is a moot point. An estate is a legal
entity seperate from the deceased who has no legal standing. The estate
has an executor whether that person be named in a will or appointed by the
court. It is the executor's job to look out for the interest of the estate
and that person can obtain legal counsel. In addition the heirs have legal
standing and they can also obtain counsel. The deceased as no standing in
the matter.
Were you aware that people that have lost a loved one, or who have
suffered in some way can sue the estate of someone they think was guilty
of whatever crime was committed, after their death?
That's right, they sue the ESTATE, not the person who committed the crime.
At death all of the deceased's earthly possesions pass to the estate. In
the case of a married couple, the deceased owned half of the community
property and that hald passes to the estate. A person can then sue the
estate for alleged damages caused by the deceased prior to death.
Post by mainframetechProving the guilt of
Oswald would make it worse for his wife if he was destroyed without anyone
to speak for him. And we know it was a railroading.
In most states if not all, if there is no will the assets of the estate
would pass to the surviving spouse so Marina would have standing if Jackie
or her kids were to have sued Oswald's estate for wrongful death. She
could have obtained counsel to protect her interests since she might
suffer financially with a civil judgement against Oswald's estate. Of
course it would have been a rather pointless gesture for anyone from the
Kennedy family to sue Oswald's estate for the paltry amount that could
have been collected from it.
Post by mainframetechPost by bigdogPost by mainframetechBut each
person has to be asked whether they want to die with a court guilty
verdict hanging over them and their family.
HUH??? Where did you get that idea? It is also irrelevant to Oswald since
he died before being found guilty of a crime and there for had no verdict
hanging over him.
There was a finding of guilt for Oswald. If later someone sued Oswald
or his estate, that goes against him and his wife and kids.
Anyone suing Oswald's estate for wrongful death would have to establish in
court through a preponderence of evidence that Oswald caused JFK's or
Tippit's death. Whether the court would admit as evidence the findings of
the WC I have no idea. A lawyer would need to weigh in on that. In any
case, the defendant's in such a civil action, Oswald's estate or Marina
could challenge any and all evidence presented by the plaintiff's that
Oswald was responsible for the death's of either or both men. In any case,
Oswald would not be a party to the lawsuit. His estate would. It may be a
legal technicality but there is a difference between suing a dead man and
suing his estate. It would be pointless to sue a dead man since he has no
assets.
Post by mainframetechPost by bigdogIt has already been legally established that the Warren Commision findings
were not a verdict. Clay Shaw's attorneys tried to get the case against
him dismissed on the grounds the WC had already adjudicated the case and
that trying Shaw would amount to double jeopardy. The court rejected the
argument of course because Shaw was never in jeopardy durng the WC
investigation. Nobody was.
The estate of Oswald was in jeopardy.
No, it wasn't. Nothing the WC did could have resulted in assets of
Oswald's estate being seized. That would have to be done in court through
a civil suit. The WC had no power to award damages against Oswald's
estate.
Post by mainframetechPost by bigdogPost by mainframetechPost by bigdogPost by mainframetechIntimidation of
witnesses, etc.
Horseshit?
Not on your life. But it's expected that you would support such doings
as long as they came from the WC.
I don't support it because it didn't happen in the JFK case.
You're actually saying that 'intimidation' didn't occur during the JFK
case? Oh let me at you. First, Acquilla Clemmons was told to shut up and
not tell her story that Oswald didn't shoot Tippit or she'd be sorry. It
was the FBI that did it.
http://youtu.be/aaCCd0hzLsY
http://dealeyintimidation.tripod.com/
Lot's of people claim intimidation. In fact, it is routine for
investigators to tell material witnesses not to divulge what they saw or
heard during the course of investigation. If some people viewed that as
intimidation, that is their problem.
The reason for that is obvious. In any high profile case investigators
become inundated with false leads from crackpots. The less information
these crackpots have available the easier it is for authorities to wee
them out. If on the other hand lots these crackpots have access to
material details of the case it makes it easier for them to spin a tale
that fits with that information and harder for investigators to weed out
the crackpots.
Post by mainframetechPost by bigdogPost by mainframetechPost by bigdogPost by mainframetechIt was a prosecution more unjust than any real trial.
It wasn't a prosecution. It was a fact finding body. You still don't
understand the difference.
I understand very well. Apparently YOU fail to understand that they
were crucifying a man just to save a few conspirators.
You understand a lot of silly things.
Post by mainframetechIt wouldn't have
been so bad if they had someone speaking for him, but they were doing a
prosecution, no matter what you want to call it to cover it up.
A prosecution is a legal proceeding in which criminal charges are brought
against a defendent for the purpose of depriving him of life, liberty, or
property. That wasn't happening to Oswald. He was never sentenced as a
result of the WC findings.
You can play legal all you want. It was a crucifixion of the 'patsy'.
He was found guilty of the crime at the end.
You can bluster all you want, the WC findings were not a verdict. Oswald
was not legally found guilty and the government could take no action
against him or his estate as a result of those findings.
Post by mainframetechPost by bigdogPost by mainframetechPost by bigdogPost by mainframetechA
public trial with NO defense for the person assumed to be guilty from the
beginning.
It wasn't a trial.
It was a public trial and hanging in one operation.
It was neither.
You're just unaware or pretending to be dense. He was found guilty,
No, he wasn't. Guilt can only be legally established through a criminal
conviction in a court of law.
Post by mainframetechand
it was necessary for the conspirators to have a guilty 'verdict' to let
the be free to go about their lives without anyone tracking them.
This so called "verdict" you are claiming in no way would give immunity to
your alleged conspirators since they could still be charged with the crime
if there was any evidence to bring charges against them. Despite the
findings of the WC, Garrison was still able to bring charges against Clay
Shaw and the argument by Shaw's defense team that the WC had adjudicated
the case was of course rejected by the court.
Post by mainframetechPost by bigdogPost by mainframetechIt may not have
had that name, but that's what it was.
Not even close.
Post by mainframetechPost by bigdogPost by mainframetechThe WC members were assembled to do in Oswald and give the
conspirators a good life without any worry by making sure that everyone
believed that Oswald was guilty of everything.
More horseshit. As Richard Pryor once observed, flies don't even mess with
horseshit.
Then why do you keep messing with it? Face the facts for a change.
You can't keep running away all the time from anything that makes you
unhappy.
If I wanted to face facts, I wouldn't waste my time with your drivel. I do
that for amusement only.
LOL! I seem to get more fun out of using you than the other way
around...:)
Nobody cares about your fantasies.