Oswald in the doorway: the blog of the Oswald Innocence Campaign, by Ralph Cinque

Wow. I just found another person who had the same thought I had, that the purpose of the Midnight Press Conference was to get Oswald killed. He seems to imply that they just hoped that someone would kill him, not that they would kill him. But still, it connects Oswald being killed with the real reason for the Midnight Press Conference. The man's name is Robert Williams. 

There is one thing which has puzzled even many skeptics over the last 50 years concerning the assassination of President Kennedy, and the subsequent killing of the suspect, Lee Harvey Oswald. That is why he was paraded; literally; in front of reporters in a hallway, and later on in a conference room at which Jack Ruby was present? 

When people are accused of a high profile crime; even back then; they were secluded for two reasons. The first is that you really don’t want the trial to begin de-facto on TV, which raises the possibility of a mistrial later due to a tainted jury pool; and the second reason is that you don’t want some nut job killing the suspect for any reason at all.

In the case of Lee Harvey Oswald, he was paraded 3 times before the news media, and even allowed to give a midnight conference with TV reporters. Why was this man placed in front of the public at all?

The answer is patently simple. They wanted him dead.