Timing in Trial Can Be Everything: Lessons from the Jefferson Davis Prosecution

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]I just finished reading Cynthia Nicoletti’s “Secession on Trial,” a meticulously researched account of how the United States attempted to convict Confederate ex-president Jefferson Davis for treason. Arrested in May 1865, he was indicted in 1866, but no trial ever occurred. After years of being subject to maneuvering and postponement...
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