Very appropriate words

[SSlater]

I don't know very much about LAW, so I would like some thoughts from some one who does.
Through all of our debates we never mention Harney. If his activity is considered, the first plan is dead and buried and an entirely separate plan is in effect. One that none of the others were part of the planning. Booth knew about the new plan and it appears that he never told the others.
Thus, all the planning for an abduction , is trash-canned - and Booth's crew is sent home. Harney is the only participant in the new plan. There are not any "drivers", sitting in the get-away cars.
So. Harney's plan is destroyed by his capture and Booth grabs a gun and shoots Lincoln. (That first crew refused to help Booth whenever he mentioned "Shooting" anyone). But all of a sudden, they are cold blooded killers. Mary Surratt was never involved in a shooting. She was active in "cleaning -up" the failed plan, the "shooting-irons and all the stuff. She was out in left field - on the 14th.
It appears that the old crew never knew there was to be a killing. It was never a part of their scheme. Yet, they hanged, for nonparticipation
I look at the second plan as an entirely separate endeavor. since they didn't know about it - had no part in it - they sure couldn't squeal.

In my opinion, they paid the price for the North's lack of knowledge of Harney's plan. His "success" was paid for with their lives.

Is there anyone on My-Side?