Assassinations are crimes that can destroy countries, split families, and corrupt and burn down governments . They can start wars like World War 1 or they can cause civil unrest like the assassination of MLK and the riots that followed afterward. In this paper, we will look at the two men behind two of the biggest assassinations in U.S. history, Lee Harvey Oswald and John Wilkes Booth. We will compare and contrast the early lives, criminal nature, the assassinations themselves, and the punishment the JFK killer and the Lincoln Assassin received.
Childhood To Adult Life
Lee Harvey Oswald was born Oct. 18,1939. He grew up as an orphan, his whole childhood. During his childhood, he was interested in fascist and communist propaganda. He often …show more content…
With a rifle in hand he shot three times, two of those bullets happened to hit Pres.Kennedy, and the time of the shot was 12:30 pm. Oswald flees from the scene, but was confronted by J.D. Tippit, the effort from the police officer was in vain as he was gunned down by Oswald. This act made Oswald wanted, he was apprehended by the Police in the area and was held up inside Texas Theater. He was interrogated and placed in numerous line ups until he confessed. How he knew the information of where JFK would be is not know but speculated that it was intel from Soviets spies. Booth had planned the abduction of Lincoln for a year. He gathered a group of anti-abolitionists to try to do it. They gathered frequently in Washington D.C. to plan it out, escape routes, alternate routes, and various meet up points. After many meetings they decided to kill Lincoln. April 4th, 1865 they learn that Lincoln was attending a performance at Ford’s Theater he planned to kill Lincoln and Secretary of State William Seward. That night Booth sneaks into the Presidential box of Lincoln and Shoots him through the back of the head, his attempt to also kill Seward fell through. He jumps down on to the stage and scream “Sic Semper Tyrannus” and runs away. Booth fled to a Maryland tobacco farm, where federal troops pursued him. After a long gunshot battle Booth
Childhood To Adult Life
Lee Harvey Oswald was born Oct. 18,1939. He grew up as an orphan, his whole childhood. During his childhood, he was interested in fascist and communist propaganda. He often …show more content…
With a rifle in hand he shot three times, two of those bullets happened to hit Pres.Kennedy, and the time of the shot was 12:30 pm. Oswald flees from the scene, but was confronted by J.D. Tippit, the effort from the police officer was in vain as he was gunned down by Oswald. This act made Oswald wanted, he was apprehended by the Police in the area and was held up inside Texas Theater. He was interrogated and placed in numerous line ups until he confessed. How he knew the information of where JFK would be is not know but speculated that it was intel from Soviets spies. Booth had planned the abduction of Lincoln for a year. He gathered a group of anti-abolitionists to try to do it. They gathered frequently in Washington D.C. to plan it out, escape routes, alternate routes, and various meet up points. After many meetings they decided to kill Lincoln. April 4th, 1865 they learn that Lincoln was attending a performance at Ford’s Theater he planned to kill Lincoln and Secretary of State William Seward. That night Booth sneaks into the Presidential box of Lincoln and Shoots him through the back of the head, his attempt to also kill Seward fell through. He jumps down on to the stage and scream “Sic Semper Tyrannus” and runs away. Booth fled to a Maryland tobacco farm, where federal troops pursued him. After a long gunshot battle Booth