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On November 22nd, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. The man who was charged with his murder, Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested the same day. While being transported to the county jail, Oswald was shot in the abdomen by local nightclub owner Jack Ruby. There is much speculation as to why Oswald was killed, and how.

After being arrested and housed in the local police department, Lee almost didn't stand a chance when he was first questioned. It became evident that his past life and previous decisions could have easily led him to committing an act such as murder. At age 17, Oswald quit school to join the Marines. In 1965 he ranked as a sharpshooter with an M-1 rifle. This information was later used against him when he was charged. …show more content…
This is the man who shot Lee Harvey Oswald at point blank range as he was being transported to the county jail. Like Oswald, Ruby’s past also played a key part when he went to trial. After finishing his eighth grade year in 1927, Ruby went straight into illegal street hustling until he was drafted into the United States Air Force in 1943. After being honorably discharged only three years after being drafted, Ruby worked his way to the top and was known for having ownership of over 4 Dallas area nightclubs. The police looked at his history prior to the death of John F. Kennedy and almost immediately ruled that Ruby was guilty. Especially because of how the killing was executed. When Lee Harvey Oswald was initially arrested and detained, it was not for the assassination of John F. Kennedy. He was a prime suspect in the shooting of a Dallas police officer. When the first official assassination case report was being written, It had nothing at all to do with the actual assassination. The report’s 900 pages were almost completely devoted to encompassing Lee’s life up until that point. It was intended to prove that Oswald was capable of

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