It is my opinion that he didn't expect to get out alive or that he would be apprehended after shooting JFK. In his mind, since he didn't expect to be shot and killed after he was arrested at the TT it was during the trial that his stature as a political figure of the left would be cemented. I think that's why he was adamant that Abt would represent him.
IMO the walker evidence does not help convict LHO at all
It does point out huge inconsistencies in the WC's version of events
Eddie, photos of the Walker residence dated to weeks before the actual shooting were found in either the Paine's or in the Beckley rooming house. Those photos (or a photo) was traced to his IRC to the exclusion of any other camera. If the case had gone to trial it's possible that the DeMohrenchilds would have been subpoeaned and their encounter with St. Oswald the Patsy about the Walker shooting could have had some value in connecting Oswald to the shooting. Without Marina's testimony though it would have been tough to convict Oswald for the Walker shooting. That I will admit. But for historical purposes where the evidence does not have to pass the rigors of the evidentiary procedures of a trial it's clear that Oswald attempted to murder Walker, IMHO. Where are does inconsistencies in the WR?
where do I even begin?
1-target selection.as I have said why target a hard right walker
then a left leaning president? This make no sense
2-He couldn't hit walker at 25 feet,a stationary target
then he pulls off one of the most amazing sniper jobs in history
(If he did it the most incredible hands down)
a thoroughly planned murder vs a murder that fell into his lap
A different MO you see.
3-He has pictures? all the walker evidence is retroactive and IF he was
a patsy as he said doesn't this reek of a frame up?How dumb is LHO
to have incriminating pictures and his confession lying around
someone else's home? LHO was an intellectual type personality
4-de Mohrenschildt and his wife know about the rifle.(it was no secret)
they had a copy of the infamous rifle picture in their possession.
They fail to tell RP who they introduced to LHO that he had a rifle
and was potentially unstable.RP has the FBI come to her home but
still has zero suspicion of LHO.(who she says she never liked)
The rifle is not hidden well wrapped in a blanket.No ammo was found.
5-Marina was totally intimidated by the DPD which they are very good at
(they convince innocent people to say they are cop killers) So are very
persuasive.They wheeled her out in front of the camera's to say her
husband was guilty before any investigation was finished.
6-but the most obvious reason this shines a light on the entire affair
is the LHO placement at the TSBD.I know you have heard this before
but no LN'er has given more thought to this than a shrug of the shoulders
and a yeah,he got lucky.
NO HE DIDN'T.An aspiring assassin gets this job in the perfect place by accident
less than 5 weeks before the presidents arrival that nobody knows about?
He planned the walker murder by taking pictures and casing the area?
THEN he innocently gets the TSBD job?
THEN he does the most amazing shooting job in the history of the rifle
THEN he avoids a massive police dragnet on East 10th
THEN he is killed by ANOTHER lone nut in police custody
There are so many hard to swallow circumstances surrounding this case
that when you put them together
It becomes simply indigestible
for more on this please read this thread
An opportunistic killer or a conspiracy to murder?As it turned out there is more evidence to convict LHO of the walker
crime than the actual assassination (fake evidence all the same)
you can;'t really speculate what would have happened at trial can you?
He was murdered in the care of the DPD an unconvinced innocent man.
So we will never know what would have happened and the reason
for it is the incompetence (at best) of the DPD who is ironically stoically
defended by people on this site.
they were even asked about security for LHO and JC said "we are taking precautions"
WHAT PRECAUTIONS?Who got fired? nobody