Those who demand that everyone "just ACCEPT that Oswald did it"...

[stopbush]

54. Bugliosi dedicates 16 pages of *Reclaiming History* to Oswald's motive.

He points out that from a legal perspective, motive is not the same as intent. Motive is the emotional urge or reason that induces someone to commit a crime. Motive is what prompts a person to act or fail to act. Intent is the state of mind with which the act is done.

As Bugliosi points out, "motive may aid you in determining what one's intent or state of mind was. While intent is an element of every serious crime, and a prosecutor has to prove it beyond a reasonable doubt, motive is never an element of the corpus delicti of any crime. Therefore, the prosecution never has to prove motive. All it has to prove is that the defendant did, in fact, commit the crime with the requisite intent, not why."

Of course, Bugliosi then goes on to discuss possible motives, how the WC couldn't nail down a motive for Oswald, etc.

Excellent reading for any who are interested.