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But Civil War hero Frederick Aiken James McAvoy, an attorney who is drafted to handle Surratt's defense, discovers that the deck is stacked against her by Stanton, who wants all of the conspirators hanged, buried and forgotten.

Marshall Fine: Movie Review: The Conspirator Marshall Fine 2011

He leaps into action after Lincoln is shot, rounding up all the conspirators - and casting his net wide enough to include Mary Surratt Robin Wright, whose son was involved with Booth's plot, which was planned at her boarding house.

Marshall Fine: Movie Review: The Conspirator Marshall Fine 2011

He only tied five for Surratt because he didn't really think they would hang her.

Movie on Lincoln assassination has second life in D.C. crime museum 2011

The National Museum of Crime and Punishment recently opened a small show about the movie and one of the story's most fascinating characters, Mary Surratt.

Movie on Lincoln assassination has second life in D.C. crime museum 2011

Henry Rathbone, a guest in Lincoln's box at Ford's Theatre; the dress worn by Surratt in jail and on the gallows; the hood, ball and chain, and manacles worn by the prisoners; and the playbill for "Our American Cousin," the production that April night at Ford's.

Movie on Lincoln assassination has second life in D.C. crime museum 2011

His latest, The Conspirator, tells the story of the trial of Mary Surratt Robin Wright, a Washington DC boarding house owner ultimately executed alongside several men of her acquaintance who were involved in the plot to assassinate Abraham Lincoln.

The Conspirator proves that Robert Redford should stick to Sundance 2011

Brian Surratt, Seattle's business-development director, said so much development went into the district that it helped cushion Seattle during the last recession.

Brownfields Bloom in Seattle Jim Carlton 2011

The city ended up as a partner with Mr. Allen, launching a series of improvements for the area in 2004 that included upgrading the utilities and adding in a new streetcar line, said the city's Mr. Surratt.

Brownfields Bloom in Seattle Jim Carlton 2011

One of those men loudly proclaimed Surratt's innocence from the very scaffold at which they were hanged, and Redford's movie ponders the highly ambiguous facts about her involvement in the same worthy, po-faced and finger-wagging manner that characterises most of his work as a director.

The Conspirator proves that Robert Redford should stick to Sundance 2011

Surratt was the only woman arrested and charged with conspiring to kill Lincoln, and she was the first woman executed by the federal government in the United States.

Movie on Lincoln assassination has second life in D.C. crime museum 2011