Birth of Earling Carothers Jim Garrison
Birth of Earling Carothers "Jim" Garrison
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Earling Carothers "Jim" Garrison Biography and Timeline
Follow Earling Carothers "Jim" Garrison through 15 dated historical records for United States of America.
Earling Carothers "Jim" Garrison, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
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1921–1992Years on this page
1921
1963
Fair Play for Cuba Committee (FPCC)
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
1967
New Orleans Cuba-Related Reinvestigation
Garrison's assassination investigation revisited Oswald's Fair Play for Cuba activity, 544 Camp Street associations, and contacts with New Orleans anti-Castro circles.
1968
Investigation
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
1969
Arrest of Clay Shaw
The end result of Garrisons investigation was the arrest and trial of New Orleans businessman Clay Shaw in 1969
Clay Shaw Trial Cuba Evidence
During the Clay Shaw prosecution, Garrison's office presented and investigated material concerning Oswald's New Orleans political activity and alleged anti-Castro connections.
Investigation
The end result of Garrisons investigation was the arrest and trial of New Orleans businessman Clay Shaw in 1969
Trial
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
Trial
Garrison was able to subpoena the Zapruder film from Life magazine and show it to the public for the first time.
Trial
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").
Trial
The jury didnt see enough evidence to convict Shaw, and gave a verdict of not guilty.
Zapruder Film
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
1988
After the Shaw trial, Garrison wrote three books
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)
1991
JFK
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
1992
Death of Earling Carothers Jim Garrison
Death of Earling Carothers "Jim" Garrison
Records, sources and methodology
These dates and descriptions come from the historical_events database. Exact duplicate records have been collapsed. Names are grouped by the country, Name 2 and Name 1 fields; records with missing Name 2 cannot be reliably assigned to an individual biography. Check the underlying sources before formal citation.