re: Espy will win Mississippi Senate race

Public hangings are not the same as illegal lynchings. They are court-ordered executions. Abraham Lincoln ordered at least 39 public hangings. And the 4 convicted of Lincoln's assassination died by public hanging.

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In 1862 President Abraham Lincoln sanctioned the hanging of 39 Sioux Indians convicted of murdering white settlers in Mankato, Minnesota.[11] This mass execution remains the largest of its kind in United States history.[10]

Four people were hanged for their participation in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Mary Surratt, one of the four, was the first woman to receive capital punishment by the United States federal government.

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Smith made a poor choice. But her intent was not what is being hyped. She should set the record straight, and move on.

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