In the event of a crime, a person is considered guilty if they are involved in any way. A major historical case that illustrates the presumption of guilt in innocent individuals, happened in mid-1800s when President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated and the conspirators were accused of their crimes. All of the main conspirators received the same punishment for the crime although some testified that different conspirators deserved a different punishments than others; Mary Surratt was actually the conspirator that should have gotten spared, as her punishment outweighed her crime of providing weapons and shelter for the guilty.
Mary Surratt’s contributions to the triple assassination plan was minimal considering her actual punishment of being
