WI: Jack Ruby doesn't get sick and die

in 1966, Jack Ruby's conviction and death sentence for the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald were overturned on appeal and was granted a new trial. On December 9th, 1966, Ruby was sent to parkland hospital for pneumonia. A day later, the doctors found out that he had liver cancer, lung cancer, and brain cancer. Ruby died a few weeks later. What if Jack Ruby had not gotten sick and died? Would he have been convicted again? Or would he have been found not guilty by reason of insanity? or would he have been instead convicted of the lesser charge of Murder Without Malice( Which is roughly equivalent to manslaughter)?
 
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http://www.gallup.com/poll/165893/majority-believe-jfk-killed-conspiracy.aspx

With Ruby alive, even a higher percentage of American citizens might believe that others were involved.

Or, maybe on hearing Ruby speaking, he comes off as either a nut or as believable for the reasons he stated. And with belief in more than one person already high, maybe we will actually see a modest regression-to-the-mean effect.
 
And we might have more people kicked out of Alternate History! :p

Please remember everyone, promoting conspiracy theory is one of the things which gets members kicked out. It's okay to talk public perception of why such-and-such percentage believe this way or that. But if you talk about what realities and aspects you personally find more or less convincing, well, then one is treading on thin ice.

So, everyone, please be a little restrained and a little careful. Every Internet group has their rules. This is one of ours. Please don't get kicked out.
 
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And we might have more people kicked out of Alternate History! :p

Please remember everyone, promoting conspiracy theory is one of the things which gets members kicked out. It's okay to talk public perception of why such-and-such percentage believe this way or that. But if you talk about what realities and aspects you personally find more or less convincing, well, then one is treading on thin ice.

So, everyone, please be a little restrained and a little careful. Every Internet group has their rules. This is one of ours. Please don't get kicked out.
I wasn't trying to promote or debunk any conspiracy theories.
 
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http://www.gallup.com/poll/165893/majority-believe-jfk-killed-conspiracy.aspx

With Ruby alive, even a higher percentage of American citizens might believe that others were involved.

Or, maybe on hearing Ruby speaking, he comes off as either a nut or as believable for the reasons he stated. And with belief in more than one person already high, maybe we will actually see a modest regression-to-the-mean effect.

Ruby's death added a narrative that he was "taken out" by some higher up. The assassin is assassinated, and then the assassin's assassin is killed by another assassin. So it would, if anything, lessen the conspiracy theory. Then again, people want to believe what they want, the facts be damned, because life is scary when its not a movie.
 
Ruby's death added a narrative that he was "taken out" by some higher up. The assassin is assassinated, and then the assassin's assassin is killed by another assassin. So it would, if anything, lessen the conspiracy theory. Then again, people want to believe what they want, the facts be damned, because life is scary when its not a movie.
How do you think Ruby's Retrial would go?
 
Ruby's death added a narrative that he was "taken out" by some higher up. The assassin is assassinated, and then the assassin's assassin is killed by another assassin. . .
Yes, I think Ruby's death was one contributing factor. The much bigger factor was that Oswald himself was killed, seemingly in a situation in which Dallas police failed to control.

And when the Warren Report was released about a year after the assassination and received criticism. As soon as the phrase "magic bullet theory" gained a place in the public consciousness, that was huge.
 
Ruby's death added a narrative that he was "taken out" by some higher up. The assassin is assassinated, and then the assassin's assassin is killed by another assassin. So it would, if anything, lessen the conspiracy theory. Then again, people want to believe what they want, the facts be damned, because life is scary when its not a movie.


More "A lone nut killing the President of the US" is less interesting than "A vast secret conspiracy killed the President of the US." The first won't sell any books as there is no real speculation. With the second you can speculate who and who is not part of the conspiracy and what their motives are which is more interesting and sells books.
 
Ruby's death added a narrative that he was "taken out" by some higher up. The assassin is assassinated, and then the assassin's assassin is killed by another assassin. So it would, if anything, lessen the conspiracy theory. Then again, people want to believe what they want, the facts be damned, because life is scary when its not a movie.
I don't think that Ruby not getting ill and dying would have any impact on the public perception of the conspiracy theories surrounding the JFK Assassination. If Ruby had not gotten sick and died, he would have faced his retrial for the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald. If convicted again, Ruby would probably have been sentenced to death again, although since the retrial would have taken place in 1967 and the Death Penalty was briefly abolished by the supreme court in 1972, Ruby might get lucky and escape the chair if he lives long enough to see the death penalty struck down by the supreme court.
 
It is a little hard to believe that the doctors and nurses who happened to be on duty when Ruby was wheeled in were part of a conspiracy three years old.
 
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