My office has been one of the most scrupulous in the country with regard to the protection of individual rights. I've been on record for years in law journals and books as championing the rights of the individual against the oppressive power of the state.

Moreover in several public interviews such as one shown in the video The JFK Assassination: The Jim Garrison Tapes Russo reiterates the same account of a party at Ferrie's apartment that he gave at the trial. He is considered totally incapacitated from the standpoint of military duty and moderately incapacitated in civilian adaptability. ) At the same time Garrison indicted Judge Bernard Cocke with criminal malfeasance and in two trials prosecuted by Garrison himself Cocke was acquitted.

Garrison remains a controversial figure. A member of the Democratic Party he is best known for his investigations into the assassination of President John F. Opinions differ as to whether he uncovered a conspiracy behind the John F.