October 5, 1966 - Jack Ruby conviction reversed by Texas Court of Criminal Appeals 

Ruby v. Texas was a decision by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, the highest criminal appellate court in the State of Texas, that Jack Ruby, accused killer of Lee Harvey Oswald had been denied a fair trial. The decision ordered his conviction reversed, but Ruby died before he could be retried.
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