Last Salem witch acquitted 329 years after death sentence
Justice overtook the innocently convicted 'witch' after 329 years.
Massachusetts officially rehabilitated the name of Elizabeth Johnson Jr., who was accused of witchcraft and sentenced to death in 1693, when the famous and terrible Salem witch trials take place.
Although Johnson was never executed, her pardon 329 years later means her name is officially acquitted.
The Salem resident was aided in her acquittal by eighth-grade students who, after a civics class, decided to take the case and learn the legislative steps needed to clear her name, PEOPLE reports.
After being convicted but not sentenced in 1693, the witch trials come to an end in 1702.
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27 мая 2022, 19:03
