And while on the subject, I should also note the curious juxtaposition of your purported outrage with Jefferson for pushing unsuccessfully to have Burr convicted to be hanged in a court of law, yet you have nothing but adulation for the one man who actually did physically attempt to kill Aaron Burr: Alexander Hamilton, who historians generally agree fired the first shot and missed.
That is entirely false historians (at least competent historians) do NOT claim H fired the first shot in fact they all agree that he had stated beforehand that he did not believe in dueling and would NOT fire at Burr. His pistol went off when he was struck and the resulting shot was nowhere close to Burr. As he was removed from the dueling ground H believing the gun had not discharged warned those aiding him to be careful with it since it was still loaded.
It is also false that Burr fought only that duel.
My “outrage” with Jefferson is because of the extra-legal obsession Jefferson showed in destroying Burr not because he was brought to trial. Jefferson encouraged the violation of due process of law; had Burr dragged a thousand miles from the scene of the “crime”; had NO real evidence that a crime had been committed; ignored his co-conspirator’s real guilt and was ready to violate any law or common decency to destroy the man.
These actions were far worse that any claimed occurred under cover of the Alien and Sedition Acts.