Why Didn T Mary Surratt Be Executed

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Mary Surratt should not have executed. Mary Surratt was not a good woman, but she did not deserve to be executed by the government. It was possible that Mary Surratt knew about the kidnapping, but she should have never been executed by government on the spot. In source one it states “ At her trial, Surratt was defened by several priests and friends the New York times called “ constant and faithful.” Several priests and friends would have never defend her if they thought she was guilty. In source two is states “ she had paid the ultimate price for her complicity in the plot to assassinate Abraham Lincoln on April 14, 1865.” If Mary Surratt paid her price for the opposing conspiracy to kill the president. Then why didn’t Surratt son ( John

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