Reasonable Doubts?

[Lance Payette]

I assumed that when you kept saying "reasonable doubt," you were simply using it in the legal sense of "as a juror, I would not be convinced of the LN narrative beyond a reasonable doubt." There is no precise legal definition, but it certainly doesn't mean "I think he's innocent." Nor does it really mean "I think my doubts are reasonable." It's "more than a scintella" of doubt but "how much more" has defied precise definition. The Arizona jury instructions require the jury to be "firmly convinced" of guilt. Of course, in every JFKA discussions there are two questions: (1) firmly convinced Oswald was guilty and (2) firmly convinced he acted alone.

FWIW, John Orr believes JBC's wrist wound was caused by a fragment from the head shot. I have also seen this suggested as an explanation for the throat wound (meaning the back wound would have been the shallow one described by the autopsy doctors).

[John Corbett]

GC--

Thanks for your question, and it is a fascinating one.

Connally: I was knocked over, just doubled over by the force of the bullet. It went in my back and came out my chest about 2 inches below and the left of my right nipple. The force of the bullet drove my body over almost double and when I looked, immediately I could see I was just drenched with blood. (1 HSCA 42)

In my layman's review of the Z-film, Gov. JBC is pushed forward ~Z-295. That's my best guess of when JBC is shot.

If that's the best you can do, this hobby doesn't suit you. Maybe you should consider stamp collecting instead.

[Lance Payette]

I might also add that until reading Robert Caro's LBJ books I had no idea how close LBJ and JBC were or how far back their relationship went. Very close and very far back. To the extent JBC waffled and gave "well, maybe" lip service to the SBT in later interviews, this could be explained by tossing LBJ a bone. (Of course, since LBJ himself doubted the SBT, that wouldn't be much of a bone. I guess it would be like tossing the "WC party line" a bone.)