Avenging Lincoln's Death: The Trial of John Wilkes Booth's
Accomplices is an examination of the 1865 military commission trial
of eight alleged accomplices of John Wilkes Booth, the assassin who
murdered President Abraham Lincoln. The book analyzes the trial
transcript and other relevant evidence relating to the guilt of
Booth's alleged accomplices, as well as a careful application of
basic constitutional law principles to the jurisdiction of the
military commission and the fundamental fairness of the trial. The
author found that the military commission trial was
unconstitutional and unfair because Congress never authorized trial
by military commission for these eight civilians. President Johnson
exceeded the scope of his authority as commander in chief by
ordering the accomplices to be tried by military commission. He
failed to follow the Habeas Corpus Act of 1863 that required him to
turn over the alleged accomplices to civilian authorities for
prosecution. The accomplices were convicted on perjured testimony
and the Government was allowed to drag in unrelated evidence of
Confederate atrocities to poison the minds of the panel of
officers.
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