Verdict in the trial of Jack Ruby, murderer of JFK assassin Lee Harvey Oswald. Judge Joe B. Brown allowed today to permit live TV coverage of the delivery of the verdict in the Jack L. Ruby murder trial.
Live coverage of the jury verdict in the trial of the man who killed Lee Harvey Oswald. After the guilty verdict was read, Ruby's attorney, Melvjn Belli, angrily denounced the jury and the judge in interviews with TV newsmen and Judge Joe B. Brown accused the networks of breaking their agreement with him by keeping their pool camera running after he left the bench.