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Oct 22, 1992 · Jim Garrison, who as District Attorney in New Orleans made startling assertions of a widespread conspiracy and cover-up in President John F. Kennedy's assassination, died yesterday at his home in...
A member of the Democratic Party, he is best known for his investigations into the assassination of John F. Kennedy and the prosecution of New Orleans businessman Clay Shaw to that effect in 1969, which ended in Shaw's acquittal.
- Jim Garrison’s Unlikely Rise to Power in New Orleans
- Investigation Into The JFK Assassination
- The Murky Legacy of Jim Garrison Today
Born on Nov. 20, 1921, Jim Garrison spent the first half of his life like many men from his generation. He enlisted in the Army shortly before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and spent his young adulthood fighting in World War II. That experience, which the Associated Pressreports colored his thinking about “good wars” and “bad wars,” brought G...
Like many Americans, Jim Garrison had questions about the John F. Kennedy assassination. But though the conclusions of the Warren Commission may have reassured some, they didn’t satisfy him. As the Associated Press reports, Garrison’s suspicions were first raised when he learned more about the president’s assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, who was born i...
Following Shaw’s trial, Jim Garrison’s reputation suffered. As The New York Timesreports, he was indicted in 1973 for taking bribes to protect illegal pinball gambling. Though Garrison conducted his own defense and was acquitted, he was forced to scramble to put together a reelection campaign for his fourth term as district attorney, which he lost....
- Kaleena Fraga
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.
Aug 15, 2016 · Lyon Garrison donated approximately 16,000 pages of his fathers papers to the Collection. This series is arranged alphabetically by subject and consists of records kept at the home of Jim Garrison pertaining to his investigation of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
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...
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Oct 22, 1992 · NEW ORLEANS -- Former New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison, whose investigation into the assassination of President John F. Kennedy riveted the nation in the 1960s, has died at 71.
