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allegations, but the viewer is largely left with sketchy suppositions. While the prosecutor
also wonders about whether there is more to Oswald than there seems at first, he
independently checks the physical evidence and it is all found to be solid.
Oswald speaks and acts enigmatically many times in the film. He refuses to
cooperate with his attorney, other than to declare that he is innocent and that he did not
own a rifle. At one point, Weldon looks at his client, and Lee says “Stop looking.”
Weldon responds, “For what?” and Oswald responds “For anything.” 679 As he enters the
courtroom at one point, Oswald also tells reporters that he wants justice, but does not
explain what he means. The equivocal statement may mean Oswald wants an acquittal,
but justice could also mean that he is guilty.
During the trial, Weldon questions some of the Warren Commission testimony,
and presents alternative explanations to the evidence. However, the final courtroom
scene in which Oswald takes the stand in his own defense is heavily weighted toward a
finding of Oswald as lone assassin. Mathew Weldon asks him whether he killed
President Kennedy, and Oswald responds “No, I did not.” 680 Oswald testifies that he was
in the lunchroom at the time of the assassination. Weldon then probes for any
information on conspirators who may be behind the assassination, but Oswald resolutely
refuses to answer. For example, Weldon asks was in the lunchroom “waiting for the
telephone to ring? Whom did you expect to call you there?...Perhaps the same person
679 Thompson, 112.
680 Thompson, 168.
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