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VIDEO: Students Try Lee Harvey Oswald in Municipal Court

Fifth graders from St. Anne School staged the trial at Borough Hall on Tuesday

It was a historic trial that never materialized—until Tuesday in .

Fifth graders from , under the direction of social studies teacher James Puntasecca, returned a guilty verdict against Lee Harvey Oswald, who was suspected in the assassination of former president John F. Kennedy in Dallas but murdered by Jack Ruby before the legal process could take its course.

Above, watch Patch's video featuring closing statements from the prosecution and defense, plus an interview with Puntasecca.

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