Introduction -- The crime -- Judges, jury, and accused -- Military justice -- Prosecution -- Defense -- Witness or defendant? -- Verdict -- Justice? -- History's long shadow -- Summation -- Afterword.
Summary:
"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. 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"-- Provided by publisher.
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