Edman (Ned) Spangler: Anyone Still Think He Was Guilty?

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I don't think that many historians have ever considered Ned Spangler guilty in the true sense of the crime - including the military commission, hence his lenient sentence compared to the others.

If they were basing their judgments on conspiracy, they had no proof (except for an unreliable witness) that Ned participated in plotting either beforehand or after. Since he didn't even do what Booth asked and passed the horse off to Peanuts, why would that even count at the time the crime was about to be committed? Peanuts was actually the one who "abetted" in Booth's escape to a certain degree.