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The Lincoln Assassination Conspiracy Trial and Its Legacy

The Lincoln Assassination Conspiracy Trial and Its Legacy

Hatch, Frederick

Paperback

Presidents & Heads of StateCriminologyGeneral Law

ISBN10: 0786494980
ISBN13: 9780786494989
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Published: Jan 16 2015
Pages: 244
Weight: 1.15
Height: 0.90 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

The eight people charged with conspiring to assassinate President Abraham Lincoln were tried by a military commission under military law. The author contends that this was illegal, since the civilian legal system was fully functioning. The many ways in which the defendants' rights were violated are described, as are the ways in which the trial testimony was either not accurate or not legally obtained. The trial is also compared with other incidents in which the U.S. military was used in police and judicial functions, with questionable results. The book is a warning against unchecked power by the executive branch of the government.

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