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Known for. Trial of Clay Shaw. James Carothers Garrison (born Earling Carothers Garrison; November 20, 1921 – October 21, 1992) [3] was the District Attorney of Orleans Parish, Louisiana, from 1962 to 1973 and later a state appellate court judge. A member of the Democratic Party, he is best known for his investigations into the assassination ...
Jan 30, 2023 · In the early 1960s, Garrison was beginning to make a name for himself in the city. In 1960, he launched his career in politics in an unsuccessful bid to win a seat on the bench as a judge (via The Washington Post). He did not give up his mission for elected office, however, and began eyeing the office of district attorney.
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Jan 19, 2023 · Less than a year after President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas, in 1963, an official government investigation into his death found that Kennedy’s assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, had acted alone. That didn’t sit well with Jim Garrison, then the district attorney in New Orleans, Louisiana. He decided to open up an ...
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Nov 21, 2013 · District AttorneyJim Garrison is driven away from the Criminal Courts Building Tuesday, March 15, 1967, afternoon after the first day of preliminary hearings for Clay Shaw, who is accused by ...
Oct 22, 1992 · Jim Garrison, the single-minded district attorney whose theories about the assassination of John F. Kennedy produced a bizarre trial and inspired a successful film, died Wednesday in New Orleans ...
Aug 15, 2016 · Background on the Papers of Jim Garrison List of Folder Titles in the Garrison Papers Background on the Jim Garrison Papers Earling Carothers "Jim" Garrison was the District Attorney for the City of New Orleans, Louisiana from 1961 until 1973. He investigated and prosecuted Clay Shaw for conspiracy to assassinate President Kennedy and he was portrayed in Oliver Stone's film, JFK. The JFK ...
At some undetermined time he legally changed his name to Jim Garrison. In 1951 Garrison began working for the Orleans Parish district attorney’s office. In 1957 he ran unsuccessfully for assessor, and in 1960 he lost a race for district judge. He was appointed assistant city attorney in 1959. He married Leah Elizabeth Ziegler (date unknown).
