Judge Joe B. Brown presided over the trial of Jack Ruby, the assassin of the alleged JFK assassin Lee Harvey Oswald. Judge Brown also signed the autopsy authorization for J.D. read more
Judge Joe B. Brown presided over the trial of Jack Ruby, the assassin of the alleged JFK assassin Lee Harvey Oswald. Judge Brown also signed the autopsy authorization for J.D. Tippit, the Dallas police officer who was also allegedly killed by Oswald on that day. read more
Brown became the first African-American prosecutor in the city of Memphis. He would later open his own law practice before becoming a judge on the State Criminal Court of Shelby County, Tennessee. read more