Was anyone actually found innocent at the original Salem Witchcraft trials?
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Yes, in a sense. When the trials stopped hundreds of accused were freed and Governor Micheal Dukakis, 300 years later, pardoned all of them.
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Shortly after the wife of the governor was accused, the trials stopped. Those in jail were freed and in a sense found innocent. It is sadly true that it did take 300 years for a pardon.
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Yes, when the accused were dropped in water, if they floated they were considered witches and burned at the stake. If they sank they were innocent, but they drowned.
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Yes. I took a whole class on the subject. People eventually realized that as long as they confessed, they were "off the hook" <cringes at own pun>
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yes if they drowned in the water they were not a witch :) but if they said i am a witch, they got thrown in jail for being a witch, not innocent, just didnt die for denying it intresting fact, acording to some studies, the whole salem witch trials were to kill jesus' bloodline always found that intresting
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No. Some people may have confessed and escaped trial. But all who were put on trial were hung or killed in some other manner.
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The closest was admitting at being a witch or copulating with Satan and such other ridiculous accusations. This got them the quicker death rather then the entire torture session used to make the ''truth'' come out. They even made shows out of it, and festivals. That's horrible, kinda like selling mini guillotines during the French Revolution for upcoming executions.
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Governor Micheal Dukakis, and Titbua believe it or not, was released.. No, actually the drowning for witch trials is.. drowning- Witch floating- Not a witch.. and HUH? No, the witch trails started from a case we like to call today Bipolar.. These girls had it and heard the tales from Tituba about her native land west africa, about voodoo,palm readings,etc..
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Yes. Of the 98 people who were accused: 26 were acquitted at trial 08 the Grand Jury refused to indict and so never went to trial 04 were indicted but never tried 06 were arrested & released on bond, but never brought before the Grand Jury, an so never tried. 11 were accused, but no arrest warrant was ever issued 02 evaded arrest and were never tried 08 escaped while awaiting trial 26 were convicted, 6 of whom were pardoned, and 1 escaped; the remaining 19 were hanged. 04 pled guilty and were pardoned. 01 refused to enter a plea and was crushed to death (for contempt of court) trying to force him to enter a plea. 02 obtained a change of venue but died in Boston while in custody awaiting trial So ... 55 of the 98 accused were either acquitted at trial or never tried for lack of evidence. 30 were found or pled guilty, 19 executed: 11 pardoned 10 fled and so were never tried. 02 died awaiting trial. 01 opted for death over entering a plea.
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Of course not. The church - like government - will never admit its mistakes or that it's wrong about anything. Finding someone not guilty would have implied that god was wrong
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