How Did Mary Surratt Deserve To Die

Did She deserve the death penalty Did Mary deserve to die. In 1864 the surreal assassination of president Lincoln and, the near fatal attempt for homicide on the Secretary of state William Seward. The plot that killed the president was connected to Mary Surratt and her son John. Mary had a boarding house in Washington city. It was known for confederate conspirators and spies. When the manhunt started the police searched Booth’s hotel room and found Mary’s name in the plot. The police searched the boarding house and found nothing. She was later arrested for lying to a police and was taken to the old penitentiary in Washington. Than she was sentenced to be hanged. She was the first women in history to be hanged. Mary

John Jr. met John Wilkes Booth, and early in 1865, Booth became a frequent visitor to the boardinghouse. Other people, later identified as co-conspirators, also frequented the boardinghouse. It is unclear if Mary Surratt knew what all the "activity" was about.” We don't know if Mary was a spy or not but we she knew her son was a spy, but there wasn't enough evidence to her being an actual spy. She was later hanged July 7, 1865, she wore a black vail and was gone. Mary Surratt certainly did not deserve the death sentence but, did deserve time in prison for the involvement of the assassination. The case of Mary was indeed not a fair case. Doctor mudd the man that helped Booth with his leg, was also in the kidnap plot as much as Mary was. Mary Surratt did not deserve to die but, needed to serve time in prison for knowing about the assassination plan. Mary was guilty for her crimes and knew she was, but didn't deserve to die. This argument states facts to prove Mary Surratt was guilty. I would recommend that Mary was guilty but did not deserve the death penalty, i would have said “ There is not enough evidence in the case to prove that she was guilty”. Also Samuel