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On March 1, 1967, New Orleans District attorney Jim Garrison arrested and charged New Orleans businessman Clay Shaw with conspiring to assassinate President Kennedy, with the help of Lee Harvey Oswald, David Ferrie, and others. On January 29, 1969, Shaw was brought to trial in Orleans Parish Criminal Court on these charges.
Nov 19, 2023 · The jury didn't believe Garrison and acquitted Shaw after less than an hour of deliberations. Garrison ordered Shaw re-arrested and charged with perjury three days after the...
New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison prosecuted Shaw on the charge that he and a group of activists, including David Ferrie and Guy Banister, were involved in a conspiracy with elements of the CIA in the John F. Kennedy assassination. Garrison had Shaw arrested on March 1, 1967.
Aug 6, 2022 · Clay Shaw’s trial began in 1969. Garrison claimed Shaw wanted Kennedy killed because he was angry that the president didn’t depose Fidel Castro in Cuba. Supposedly, Cuba could have been a huge market for New Orleans’ interests.
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In March 1967, Garrison stunned the world when he announced the arrest of local businessman Clay L. Shaw on charges of conspiring to assassinate the President of the United States. Almost two years later, on January 31, 1969, Garrison finally got to make these charges in a courtroom.
Nov 21, 2013 · But why go after Clay Shaw? If Garrison held no evidence that Shaw was responsible for the conspiracy to kill the president, he did know that making the accusation would gain him instant...
On March 1, 1967, New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison arrested businessman Clay Lavergne Shaw on the charge of conspiracy to assassinate President John F. Kennedy. Precisely two years later, Shaw was acquitted.
