Lifton has stirred this up during the past couple of days. In addition, why are you not concerned to the degree you might choose to be less
resolute in concluding what happened and where guilt lies, given that the Secret Service reported to the WC inability to obtain any
recorded media of the Perry/Clark 22 November afternoon Parkland Hospital press conference or even a transcript of that press
conference and the ARRB revelation of a copy of that transcript addressed to SS chief Rowley and stamped with the date November 25, 1963?
Some of you get bent out of shape when others are accused of being complicit in the Assassination of JFK, but what is the degree of harm,
save for the arrest and prosecution of Clay Shaw, of accusations against individuals, vs. the degree of harm in firmly concluding that Oswald
and presumably Ruby, acted alone, two days apart?
November 24, 1963:
It is
inconceivable that Oswald was not guilty (ie. of murder).
It is
conceivable that Oswald was not acting alone. But there is no evidence that anyone was helping him or putting him up to it. On the available evidence, I would say that it would be highly unlikely.
So why anyone would get upset or concerned about a possibility that has no evidence (yet) to support it, despite 54 years of trying, is difficult to understand.
Our system of justice is based on a simple concept: It is the duty of the state to investigate crimes and bring forward the all relevant evidence. If the evidence is sufficient to identify a person or persons who committed the crime, and if there is a reasonable probability that a properly instructed jury could convict on that evidence, then the state has a duty to prosecute. No prosecutor would be able to identify, let alone prosecute, anyone other than Oswald as being criminally involved in the death of JFK or Officer Tippit.
When events occur, there will usually be evidence that can be discovered. The lack of evidence after a thorough investigation and in the ensuing 54 years of no one has come forward with any evidence (eg. no deathbed confessions of a guilty conscience and a story that fits with the known facts), speaks volumes about the existence (or lack thereof) of other parties to these offences.
The single biggest travesty of justice in this case was the Garrison prosecution, in my view. It shows what happens when suspicion rather than evidence forms the basis for a prosecution.