The grand jury, composed of 12 eminent New Orleans citizens, heard our evidence and indicted the defendant for participation in a conspiracy to assassinate John Kennedy.

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.