From the October 23, 1992, edition of the New York Times: Money quote: Mr. Garrison was a vulgar political survivor. And the perpetrator of what could have been a judicial tragedy. Previous Relevant Blog Posts on Jim Garrison Was Jim Garrison a Prophet of the American People? Mark Lane goes overboard. Jim Garrison's "Reign of Terror" William Gurvich said that Garrison wanted Walter Sheridan roughed up. Gaeton Fonzi's Notes from a Discussion with Jim Garrison Garrison feeds Fo

Newsweek, March 17, 1969 Money Quote: The papers -- and in particular, the States-Item (circulation: 134,707) -- constantly trumpeted Garrison's charges (headlines above). On Feb. 9 The Times-Picayune (circulation: 196,345) ran one story on Charles I. Spiesel, a state witness, who led the jury to the French Quarter in search of a building he contended was the site of a party hosted by Shaw in 1963. It was not until the 28th paragraph on page 10 that readers learned Spiesel be

A very good opinion piece in the Duluth News Tribune by Cory Franklin : The release earlier this year of the last reported bunch of...

Here is a very good article from The New Republic after the acquittal of Clay Shaw: The New Republic, March 15, 1969 Money Quote: When one adds to this shambles the fact that not a single elected official in Louisiana, from governor and senators down, has yet dared to utter a single critical word about the D.A.'s action, what Garrison has proved is that Louisiana -- a state with an unenviable record for political chicanery, corruption, incompetence and negligence -- may now h

Marietta Journal, January 22, 1969 Money quote: "There has been a lot of talk about trial in the newspapers," Sir Arthur says, "but that...

San Francisco Chronicle, December 29, 1967

Washington Evening Star, March 16, 1967 I am not sure of the date of this cartoon, but it was drawn by Hugh Haynie who worked for the Louisville Courier-Journal,

Here is an editorial from the Chicago Daily News right after the acquittal of Clay Shaw: Chicago Daily News, March 4, 1969 Unfortunately, Garrison was re-elected for another term. Here is an editorial from the Arkansas Gazette from March 4, 1969: And, here is the San Francisco Chronicle from March 4, 1969: Note the inclusion of homosexuals with "bums, perjurers...and other social misfits and bottom rungers." And in a paper from San Francisco. Gay people still had ways to g

The theory of Propinquity was one of Jim Garrison's main investigative techniques. Here's how staffer Tom Bethell described it: (from his essay "Was Sirhan Sirhan on the Grassy Knoll?" in his book The Electric Windmill ) "If two people lived near one another, say within two or three blocks, it's suspicious. If any closer - they are 'linked.' If, on the other hand, they live at opposite ends of the city, get a list of friends of each (from their address books). Two such friend

Clay Shaw wasn't the only person that Garrison charged with conspiracy to assassinate JFK. He also claimed that Edgar Eugene Bradley, a...

Washington Post, March 4, 1969 Here ia an editorial from the March 4, 1969 edition of the Arkansas Gazette: And the Miami Herald:

In June 1971, William Alford, an Assistant District Attorney working for Jim Garrison, resigned. Here is an editorial from the New...

The New Orleans States-Item endorsed Harry Connick for District Attorney in the Democratic Primary in 1969. They ran a series of front page editorials - and here is their first from October 30, 1969: Here is one of the reasons why they ran that editorial (from the same newspaper): Here is the next one from November 4, 1969: And, November 5, 1969: And, November 6, 1969: Here is a news story about the race from November 6, 1969 with some interesting information on crime in Ne