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Provides information on the trial of Jack Ruby for the killing of Lee Harvey Oswald in 1964. Focus of the arguments presented by Chief Defense Counsel Melvin Belli; Background of Ruby; Evidence for the certainty of the city of Dallas, Texas that Ruby committed the crime for gain; Types of jurors that might be selected for the trial.

The article presents information on the trail of Jack Ruby, who killed Lee Harvey Oswald, the accused assassin of former U.S. President John F. Kennedy. For five weary weeks the nation's attention had been focused on the Dallas, Texas courtroom, where the trial was taking place, in the hope, however illogical, that a glimpse into the mind of Ruby, who had performed one irrational act, might provide a faint glimpse into the mind of his victim Oswald, who had performed another. But the trial fizzled. The defense did not show Ruby's mind, they showed only a literal recording of his brain waves. There was no psychiatric testimony that went much deeper than the pity-the-poor-boy-who-never-had-anybody-to-love-him level.

The article reflects on the trial of assassin Jack Ruby, who had killed Lee Harvey Oswald who was accused of killing U.S. President John F. Kennedy. The article author first expresses his surprise and outrage over the fact that a man who was accused of the most monstrous crime of his time, of murdering John F. Kennedy, the President of the United States, was handled by the Dallas, Texas police as if he were a celebrity or a participant in an extravaganza for the ease of television reporters. He then condemns the trial of Ruby, where publicity seemed to outweigh all other considerations.