On the record
If guilty, no necessity required their execution contrary to law.
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Lewis Tappan
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gutenberg.orgLewis Tappan: “If guilty, no necessity required their execution contrary to law.”
Editor's note · Context
Tappan asserts that even if the victims were guilty, their execution without due process was unjustifiable.
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