Earling Carothers "Jim" Garrison Biography

Birth of Earling Carothers "Jim" Garrison

Oswalds activities in New Orleans in mid-1963 were investigated by New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison during his prosecution of Clay Shaw in 1969

Garrison's assassination investigation revisited Oswald's Fair Play for Cuba activity, 544 Camp Street associations, and contacts with New Orleans anti-Castro circles.

New Orleans D.A. Jim Garrison began an investigation into the assassination of President Kennedy in the fall of 1966, after receiving several tips from Jack Martin that a man named David Ferrie may have been involved in the assassination

The end result of Garrisons investigation was the arrest and trial of New Orleans businessman Clay Shaw in 1969

During the Clay Shaw prosecution, Garrison's office presented and investigated material concerning Oswald's New Orleans political activity and alleged anti-Castro connections.

The end result of Garrisons investigation was the arrest and trial of New Orleans businessman Clay Shaw in 1969

During the trial, Russo testified that he had attended an "assassination party" at David Ferries apartment, where Shaw, Ferrie, and Lee Harvey Oswald had discussed killing President Kennedy

Garrison was able to subpoena the Zapruder film from Life magazine and show it to the public for the first time.

Russos version of events has been questioned by some historians and researchers, such as Patricia Lambert, once it became known that part of his testimony was induced by hypnotism, and by the drug sodium pentothal (sometimes called "truth serum").

The jury didnt see enough evidence to convict Shaw, and gave a verdict of not guilty.

Garrison was able to subpoena the Zapruder film from Life magazine and show it to the public for the first time. Garrisons key witness against Clay Shaw was Perry Russo, a twenty-five year old insurance salesman from Baton Rouge, Louisiana

After the Shaw trial, Garrison wrote three books on the Kennedy assassination, A Heritage of Stone (1970), The Star Spangled Contract, and the best-seller, On The Trail of The Assassins (1988)

Garrisons investigation again received widespread attention through Oliver Stones 1991 film, JFK, which was largely based on Garrisons book On the Trail of the Assassins as well as Jim Marrs Crossfire: The Plot That Killed Kennedy

Death of Earling Carothers "Jim" Garrison