Hear No Evil: Social Constructivism and the Forensic Evidence in the Kennedy Assassination

801 Pages·2010·26.925 MB·English

by  Donald Byron Thomas

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SOCIALC ONSTRUCTIVISMA ND THE FORENSIC
EVIDENCEI N THE KENNEDY ASSASSINATION
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Tableo fC ontents
Foreworbdy,J imL esar xi
Lisotf T ables XXV
Introduction
Sociopathy? 2
TheG rassKyn oll 3
A ProstituotfSi coine nce 7
TheE ar-ShEoxtp eriment 8
TheD auberDte cision 10
Acknowledgements 14
Chapte1r. TheC rimeS cene 15
TheB urgundPyl aiSdh irt 20
TheB rownP apeWrr apper 24
TheS hooteBrl'isn d 33
TheG un-Rest 36
TheC hicken Bones 47
TheA PB 55
Chapte2r. FingerprEivnitd ence 67
TheR ighotf A ccess 71
TheP rodigal Print 76
UnclReu styS'tsa sh 80
TheP rinotn t heF oregrip 85
Chapte3r. GunshoRte sidues 95
TheS treamiBnlgu eF lecks 97
PrimeErl emenotnst heP araffCians ts 99
GSR Forensics 105
OswalRde d-Handed 108
Chapte4r. T heM urderW eapon 117
TheM annlicher-MMaiuxsuepr 119
TheD enteCda rtridge 126
TheD eadlAyc curaRtiefl e 135
AberdePerno viGnrgo undTse sts 138
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BlakeyP'rso blem 141
TheS pectrograDpahtiac 143
Chapte5r. P hotogrammetry 157
NegatiEvvei dence 159
HunteorfF ascists 166
WindowB oxes 171
BadgemaBnl,a cDko gM an,a ndt he
ClassGiucn man 180
Chapte6r. T heZ apr udeFri lm 193
TheW oundinSge quence 194
EpisodBilcu rs 201
TheF light Time Factor 211
Chapte7r. T heA utopsPya rt1 :T heT hroat Woun2d2 1
TheT hroaEtx posed 226
Shoitn t heB ack 235
Chapte8r. T heA utopsPya rtI IT:h eH eadW ound 247
TheI ncredible Shrinking Wound2 48
HolieosftH olies 263
TheC ocktaPialr ty 270
TheR adiopaque Lump 277
Chapte9r. T erminaBla lltiiscs 297
TheG overnoDre layed 300
BullDeetf ormatVieolno city 305
Bullet Wipe 311
ThorburnP'oss ition 315
"MyG od,I 'mH it" 322
Chapte1r0 .T heR earwarHde adS nap 333
Forwarwdi tCho nsideraFbolrec e 334
TheP residOevnetr T-hrown 338
DeatThh roes 340
TheK ronleSicnh uss 346
TheJ etR ecoiElf fect 351
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LattimeSrt'esp ladder 362
WoundS platter 365
Chapte1r1 .T heM agicB ullet 375
TheC urbsto&n Teh eB ystander 379
TheS tretcohfeT rr uth 392
"A MisslRee moved" 400
Chapte1r2 .B ulleTtr ajectory 421
422
RockeStc ience
Trajectooftrhye H eadS hot 426
Trajectooftr hye N eckW ound 437
A SingulTarra jectAonrayl ysis 443
Chapte1r3 .C omparatiBvuel leLte adA nalysis 451
Fragmentary Evidence 456
BullMeett allurgy 462
TracEel emenitnsC arcanBou llets 466
Guinvns T heF BI 476
Revelatifornosmt heN AA Data 482
Chapte1r4 .T heT ippit Case 491
TheS helGla me 494
Button-ButtWohno-'sg ott heB utton? 500
TheH angman'Fsa voriBtael lisEtxipcesr t 503
Rounda ndR ound 508
OswaldM'asn yB illfolds 512
TheR osetSttao ne 516
TheS tatiWoang on 522
TheM exicaRne staurant 525
Chapte1r5 .L ieD etection 537
TheD efectPiovley graph 542
Chapte1r6 .B allisAtciocu stics 559
BelLla boratoSrpye'cst rographs 560
TheS tucMki crophone 563
SuspeIcmtp ulses 569
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DealePyl azTae sSth ots 576
Order thienD ata 582
BlakeyO'tsh ePrr oblem 584
TheW eiss-AschkeSnoansayMr o del 593
ShocWka veP recedence 596
Chapte1r7 .T heA coustiCchsa llenged 613
TheF BIS ignAanla lysis 614
NRC Paneoln B allisAtciocu stics 618
Statisticulation 625
TheD oublDee cker 633
EviednceS quelched 642
Cleaars a B ell 643
TheF ifteeMni nutGea p 644
TheN RC Redux 654
Chapte1r8 .T heA coustiicnPs r imeT ime 667
TheB ikew itthh eM ike 668
Sensimetrics 685
Chapte1r9 .R econstruction 691
Synchronization 698
Backfire 702
TheF irSshto t 706
TheS econSdh ot 709
TheT hird Shot 712
TheF ourtShh ot 713
TheF ifthS hot 717
Epilogue 727
Bibliography 739
Index 751
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