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Why Is Mary Surratt Get Worse Punishment

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Imagine that you just figured out that you were going to be hung for something that you didn’t do. That is what Mary Surratt experienced on July 7, 1865. Mary Surratt was scared for her life because of helping with the assassination of the president that she was mostly unaware of. Mary Surratt received a far worse punishment than she should have because she did not hurt or kill anyone, she was barely a part of the plot of the assassination, and the only thing she did was bringing supplies to a bar. The first reason that Mary Surratt received a far worse punishment than she got was because she did not hurt anyone. She got hung for treason, which she didn’t do, according to various websites. Treason is overthrowing the government, according to “dictionary.com”. Surratt did not overthrow the government. The book, Chasing Lincoln’s Killer says, “The soldiers arrested Mary Surratt”. The book never talks about Mary rebelling against the soldiers. This evidence shows that Mary Surratt received a far worse punishment than she got, because she didn’t hurt anyone. …show more content…

This is because soldiers found out evidence in her house that she supported the confederacy, but not a part of the kidnapping plot. Also on page 16, the text states, “She agreed, and soon she drove down to Surrattsville by carriage.” She did not supply weapons or ammunition, and the book, Chasing Lincoln’s Killer, then only talks about her arrest and nothing else about her. This shows that she was innocent because she was barely a part of the kidnapping of the president

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