Aiken

[Laurie Verge]

I'm going to jump in first. Under the laws of conspiracy, I think the court would still have found Mary guilty, based on the fact that she was in almost constant communication with Booth up until the end. I believe that the only reason Ewing was able to save Mudd from hanging is keyed to the same issue. There was nothing to prove that Mudd was in contact with Booth between the failed kidnap scheme and six hours after the assassination. Ewing succeeded in convincing one judge to spare Mudd from hanging also.

Mrs. Surratt had a lot of things going against her.