The warren commission suspended the adversary procedure. WCR page xiv
The procedures followed by the Commission in developing and assessing evidence necessarily differed from those of a court conducting a criminal trial of a defendant present before it, since under our system there is no provision for a posthumous trial. If Oswald had lived he could have had a trial by American standards of justice where he would have been able to exercise his full rights under the law. A judge and jury would have presumed him innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. He might have furnished information which could have affected the course of his trial. He could have participated in and guided his defense. There could have been an examination to determine whether he was sane under prevailing legal standards. All witnesses, including possibly the defendant, could have been subjected to searching examination under the adversary system of American trials
The commission also suspended the RULES OF EVIDENCE WCR pages xv-xvi.
The Commission has functioned neither as a court presiding over an adversary
proceeding nor as a prosecutor determined to prove a case, but as a factfinding
agency committed to the ascertainment of the truth. In the course of the
investigation of the facts and rumors surrounding these matters, it was
necessary to explore hearsay and other sources of information not admissible in
a court proceeding obtained from persons who saw or heard and others in a
position to observe what occurred. In fairness to the alleged assassin and his
family, the Commission on February 25, 1964, requested Walter E. Craig,
president of the American Bar Association, to participate in the investigation
and to advise the Commission whether in his opinion the proceedings conformed to
the basic principles of American justice. Mr. Craig accepted this assignment and
participated fully and with out limitation. He attended Commission hearings in
person or through his appointed assistants. All working papers, reports, and
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other data in Commission files were made available, and Mr. Craig and his
associates were given the opportunity to cross- examine witnesses, to recall any
witness heard prior to his appointment, and to suggest witnesses whose testimony
they would like to have the Commission hear. This procedure was agreeable to
counsel for Oswald's widow.
MARINA'S COUNSEL WAS RECCOMENDED BY THE SECRET SERVICE (CONFLICT OF INTEREST) MARINA'S TESTIMONY
NOW you know why Oswald was killed by Jack Ruby So there could be no Judicial Trial ! ! !
there was not a single piece of evidence nor a single witnesses testimony challenged by craig or, anyone else.
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