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WI Lincoln's murderer was caught alive, perhaps he was more seriously injured jumping onto the stage.
Would any measurable number of people treat him as a martyr if the US government tied his hands and legs togehter and broke his neck publicly (that is hanged him)?
Would there be fewer conspiracy theories?
Would his acquaintances have been less likely to be prosecuted and hanged?