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On January 29, 1969, Shaw was brought to trial in Orleans Parish Criminal Court on these charges. On March 1, 1969, a jury took less than an hour to find Shaw not guilty. It remains the only trial to be brought for the assassination of President Kennedy .
- March 1, 1969; 54 years ago
- Edward Haggerty
- State of Louisiana v. Clay L. Shaw
- Not guilty
Nov 19, 2023 · Shaw spent the rest of his life proclaiming his innocence and telling reporters that he was the victim of an over-zealous New Orleans District Attorney named Jim Garrison. An undated portrait of ...
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Aug 6, 2022 · By William DeLong | Edited By John Kuroski. Published August 6, 2022. Updated March 12, 2024. In 1969, Clay Shaw went on trial for allegedly conspiring with the CIA and Lee Harvey Oswald to assassinate JFK — and was found not guilty by a jury in less than an hour.
- William Delong
Clay LaVergne Shaw (March 17, 1913 – August 15, 1974) [1] was an American businessman, military officer, and part-time contact of the Domestic Contact Service (DCS) of the CIA. Shaw is best known for being the only person brought to trial for involvement in the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
- 1941–1946
- Warren Easton High School
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.
Jan 20, 2017 · ASSOCIATED PRESS. Defendant Clay L. Shaw (left) and his attorney, Edward Wegmann, examine a copy of the Warren Report which says Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in killing President Kennedy. A...
LIFE AND THE PROSECUTION OF CLAY SHAW 135 Commission's report prior to his death,8 and there have been scores of intervening books and articles criticizing the conclusions of the Warren report. Some, like Josiah Thompson-whose thesis was first published in The Saturday Evening Post and later turned into a book-focused on the logistical ...
