He never made it to trial. As he was being moved from the Dallas police station he was shot by a man named Jack Ruby in the parking garage. Ruby came out from the crowd as he was escorted by the police and shot him point blank. This was seen on alive TV (no tape then) by millions of people. Ruby was arrested and tried for the killing and died in prison of cancer.
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Oswald was arrested at about 2 pm on November 22. He was shot at 11:21 a.m. on November 23, at police headquarters , was taken to a hospital and died at 1:07 p.m.. So, he was in police custody for about 47 hours.
The cast of Leaving Death Row - 2005 includes: Antonio Anthony Hernandez as Tommy - Death Row Inmate Steven Pollard as Preacher Julitta Pourciau as Vela
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3AcREq8kOY
The cast of The Ted Bundy Death Row Tapes - 2012 includes: Michael Kunselman as Robert Keppel Gavin Peretti as Stephen Michoud
The cast of Enforcer from Death Row - 1978 includes: Ann Farber Leo Fong as T.L. Young Darnell Garcia John Hammond Cameron Mitchell Mariwin Roberts
The cast of Women on Death Row 3 - 2008 includes: Carlee Baker as Michelle Binsz Kay Bess as Narrator Chavonna Johnson as Young Latasha Pullium