</s>104-10255-10009 JFK ACT CA HISTORICAL REVIEW PROGRAM RELEASE JURY SELECTION FINALLY COMPLETED IN SHAW CASE DA Will Make Opening Statement Today By CLARENCE DOUCETY: By CLAREENCE DUCETY- Fourteen tedious days of jury selection of end-of-week- the conspiracy trial of Clay the conspiracy Trial of Clay Shaw will begin. The conspiracy trial will open tion to deliver the opening He is expected to tell the jury is the state will attempt judge will deliver will attempt with the assassination of with the prosecution of criminal District Court Judge Edward A. Haggertry, who d the court session begins Edward A., Haggartry, whose when the court session began the presentation of witnesses Once the motions are heard, the prosecution of witnesses the prosecution is open to Garrison's opening statement highlight. The SECOND ALTERNATE The trial was the same The trial with the selec- The second attempt for the start of the trial with a seleco- Robert J. Burguyne, 4101 Vixen, dent of the GNT Crane Service, as Robert J, Burguynes, 41011 Vixens, the second prospective jury called the second prosecution jury called second prospective jury called CHATTING in the courtyard of the Times-Picayune, the day. Started at 10:35 a.m. Called uesday after the jury for the Clay Showroom Hotel Wed. day. Judge Haggretry had to call and were Criminal District Judge. Edward A. Hagertry. Edward. Haggerty. Judge Haggretty had to a.M. Call. (right), who will preside over the trial, and Criminal Sheriff. Jurors in the two were J. H. Heyd J. Heyd J. Hewd, Jr. and Criminal Sherri. jury selection. Most weeks, ex- jury selection, Most weeks. for a loss of carrying would ex- they, they had to be perfied. pinion. TIMES - PICAYUNE, New Orleans

John F. Kennedy was assassinated on November 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas. Lee Harvey Oswald was suspected of assassinating JFK and testified before the Warren Commission. Clay Shaw had connections to Lee Harvey Oswald through his friend and associate, Guy Banister.

Jim Garrison investigated Clay Shaw for possible involvement in the assassination and believed he was part of a larger conspiracy to kill JFK, but found no evidence of this. A grand jury indicted Clay Shaw on charges related to the JFK assassination in 1979, but he was acquitted again due to lack of evidence.

The case remained open until 1984, when Shaw's lawyer filed a motion for dismissal based on the statute of limitations, and the court granted it. Perry R. Russo claimed that he had been at the scene of the crime and had seen Clay Shaw with Lee Harvey Oswald, but his credibility was questioned by defense lawyers.

Clay Shaw was subsequently charged with conspiracy to murder President Kennedy, but he maintained his innocence throughout the trial. The prosecution presented evidence that Shaw had ties to Oswald and had provided financial support to him, but Shaw's defense team argued that this was merely a coincidence.

The jury delivered a verdict of not guilty, acquitting Shaw of all charges related to the assassination of President Kennedy.

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