The People V. Lee Harvey Oswald

This book was compellig. I once had Dr. Brown as a teacher in a American Histoy Class I attended and I was stunned on his great knowledge on the Kenedy Murders. It shows in this book in what I like to call, a "what if" situation.

Assumptions are made and some slight liberties are taken. However, Walt Brown examines the evidence and allows the reader to see how it was not only impossible to have convited Oswald, but also how it would have been impossible for virtually anyone to have committed the crime with that weapon. READ IT.

What would have happened had Lee Harvey Oswald lived to face the charge of assassinating President Kennedy? How many times has that been asked? Well, in Walt Brown's book, you'll get a look of what MIGHT have happened...of course Walt ASSUMES that Oswald would have gotten a "fair trial"...of that, I'm not sure.It is a fascinating look at how so much of the alleged "open and shut" case could have been seriously undermined by the laws of evidence and competent cross-examination by someone whose job was to protect Oswald's rights...it also shows how fortunate the federal government...and the state of Texas...were that Oswald didn't live.

The author, Walt Brown whose credentials include Special Agent for the Justice Department and a Ph.D in American History from Notre Dame has formulated an enthralling what-if scenario by having Lee Harvey Oswald surviving the attack by Jack Ruby and go on trial for the JFK assination in January 1965. What Brown does with the facts collected from many sources but primarily the Warren Report may convince you or confuse you. Whatever your point-of-view may be prior to reading this compelling novel, those views will undoubtedly have to be rehashed in your mind afterward.

Unlike the other JFK conspiracy books, The People v. Lee Harvey Oswald keeps the readers interest by not stating, then repeating, then in some instances repeating again, facts and opinions about the murder of the President. Mr. Brown has spun a fictional tale that is both interesting, entertaining and suspenseful while at the same time telling the conspiracy story that other authors get bogged down telling. The too-good-to-be-true public defender is the only downfall in an otherwise superb story. I've read many other conspiracy books but this is the only one hard to put down.