I knew you would raise the imperfect nature of the line-ups eventually. You might have a case if there were only one eyewitness, but there were six who identified Oswald in this manner. None claimed to be uncertain--none said the man who shot Tippit wasn't in the line-up. Further, whose fault was it that Oswald had bruises on his face, and whose fault was it that he complained about the line-up?

So you contend that having an "imperfect" line-up is perfectly adequate if six people identify the one person who has cuts & bruises, dresses shabbily and who remains in the same position in the line-up? Not a chance. Increasing one tainted line-up to six tainted line-ups does not somehow result in six valid line-ups.

And whose "fault" it is he has cuts and bruises is totally irrelevant. The "fault" lies with those who failed to include others in the line-ups with the same basic appearance as Oswald - cuts, bruises (faked if necessary) and clothing. And you're blaming Oswald for complaining about the line-up? If you were a suspect and placed in a line-up with others who bore little resemblance to yourself - you wouldn't feel you had a valid complaint? Riiight..