PSC482G, Spring 2000
Assignment 9, for Wednesday 9 February 2000
Pre-WCR Reactions by the Left: Mark Lane
(N.B. This assignment is for your guidance only. It need not be turned in.)
Read: “Oswald Innocent? A Lawyer’s Brief,” by Mark Lane. Also read Lane’s biography to get some further background on him. Be prepared to discuss these questions in class Wednesday.
Answer these questions (briefly):
1. What is a lawyer’s brief for the defense, and how does it differ from our normal class discussions?
2. Analyze Lane’s response to each of Henry Wade’s 15 assertions and see how strong and germane each is. If necessary, check the WCR or other sources for relevant facts.
3. List Lane’s “flaws in the ‘airtight’ case” and comment critically on each.
4. Lane’s “affirmative case” present “facts that tend to prove that Oswald did not shoot President Kennedy.”
(a) Comment on the phrase “tend to prove.”
(b) Examine critically as many of Lane’s
“facts” as you can.