🇺🇸 The Glitched Gavel S01E04: The Republic vs. The Boarding House (Lincoln's Assassination Trial)

Gavel (The Narrator/Prosecutor): "April 1865. The Civil War is barely over, and the Great Emancipator lies dead. The nation, fractured and bleeding, demanded immediate vengeance. This week, we examine the highly unusual, deeply flawed military trial of the eight conspirators—including the hapless stagehand, the frantic doctor, and the Southern sympathizer who ran the boarding house: Mary Surratt." (The sound of heavy, echoing boots and the clanking of chains mixes with a low, digital moan.)

Static (The Analyst/Defense): "President Andrew Johnson and Secretary of War Edwin Stanton bypassed the civilian courts entirely, convening a secret military commission. Why? Because  ...