Why was Mary Surratt arrested and hanged after the shooting of President Lincoln?
Correct answer: Conspiracy
mindkraft710
they should have executed the liar
Joshua2020
I always loved Edith Bunker's reply when her daughter Gloria asked her if she was in favor of capital punishment. she said "Yeah.... so long as it isn't too severe."
Clown Boss
source page not found but "died for nothing" should be qualified: Wikipedia's info on her is far from exculpatory.
Player #3638664
Tiffany, Lincoln's mother had no knowledge of this. She died in 1818.
Toots
Player #3748832, karma and God in the same thought? God has nothing to do with the concept of Karma...totally different religious traditions.
Player #8755851
mindkraft710, I agree with you but women were not able to get a fair hearing
Player #42675203
This is why the appeals process can take so long on U.S. death penalties. The opportunity to correct mistakes can take some time.
JimmyLovesQL
The Surratt house is in Clinton, Maryland.
Player #1788717
Angel Smith, I think he means inconvenient...you know like the grand Cheeto 🙄... every time his mouth is moving
RealCoolOne
typical. the death penalty is wrong and barbaric. life imprisonment
Lou
mindkraft710, yes
Player #123495549
Lionessa, Not so or JFK wouldn't have been riding in a convertible to begin with.
Player #92723922
Clown Boss,
Oh, please! Wikipedia? As a reliable source?
OrioleFan
JimmyLovesQL, Been there!
Lionessa
Player #8755851, Some guilty women were acquitted because all-male juries couldn't conceive of a violent woman. Lizzie Borden was acquitted and lived the rest of her life in her dead father's home.
Lionessa
J, Fifty years after JFK was 2013. We've been protecting POTUS with all we have for far longer than that!
CeCe
Capital punishment is irreversible and SO MANY eye witnesses have testified out of bias or fear. Many Black men have been convicted and executed for crimes they could not have possibly committed because of witness accounts. And judicial, e.g., bias is no exception. When the evidence, or the witness, is questionable, the death sentence should not be imposed. When it is and the accused is innocent, capital punishment is murder.
Barbie
Clown Boss, Wikipedia is not a trustable source. Anybody can make a Wikipedia page, regardless of credentials.
J
George, The police officer, assigned to guard Lincoln, was in a bar across the street during the play according to the TV show about the history of the Secret Service. It was 50 yrs after Lincoln and others were assassinated before Congress began sporadically budgeting for Presidential protection. Another 50 years, after JFKs assassination, before serious protection was provided. Sad.
Kimbo
Player #1788717, right about the prevaricating Cheeto
Majer Pike
mindkraft710, yes
George
Lincoln really needed a body guard especially that night he got shot at Ford's theater. Southerners would occasionally take shots at him, sometimes putting a bullet hole in his tall hat!
Player #33977376
Clown Boss, agreed. As the Boarding house owner she was very much involved in knowing who the tenants were and their business.
Player #38618593
Buzzem,
Wikipedia? Wikipedia???
Are you serious?
N GA Moose
watch the movie The Conspirator. If half of it is true, the people that led to her conviction are definitely not in heaven. really good movie
Amy
I learned this answer on this game!
Buzzem
Answer explanation has a pretty poor source. Wikipedia is much better and she was far from innocent
Player #26874062
it was for treason in 1865 of July
Kathy
mindkraft710, I agree
runningwithscissors
for those of you who want to learn the whole story seek out the podcast 1865. It is in play format and was heavily researched.
KappaWizard
JimmyLovesQL, For those who wish to visit, take Branch Avenue to Brandywine Road. While you're at it, bring along a hand held voice recorder. You just never know.....
KappaWizard
Player #15305026, Probably far from being as partisan as it is today. While Mary's part may have been minor in the grand scheme of things, law enforcement sought to make examples out of ANYONE involved, be it male or female. Eyewitness accounts say that while she may have weeped, she was far more gallant than a couple of her male counterparts.
KappaWizard
JimmyLovesQL, ....and is said to be haunted. Take Route 495 (Capital Beltway) east toward Clinton. You should start to signs near Dower House Road. Last time I drove near it, it was painted in red.
Player #14057627
mindkraft710, apparently there was more than one Liar. They should have come forward before she was hung. I hope they got theirs. Killing an innocent woman : ( just breaks my heart.
cathy
This whole justice system is corrupt!
Player #14706931
SubstantialFidelity9, everyone does the masquerade
Player #8755851
Player #5259313, what did you learn about the theater?