[RedMonqey]

As fair as could be held under the circumstances.

Fair as defined as an black defendent tried by an all white jury in the Deep South in the fifties/ sarc.

[Non-Sequitur]

Fair as defined as an black defendent tried by an all white jury in the Deep South in the fifties/ sarc.

Davis would have had a trial by two judges and the right to the defense attorneys of his choice. Something black defendants of the 50's would have been denied. I'd say any trial of the confederate leadership would have been far more fair than any trial of Union leaders by a victorious confederacy would have been.