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BOSTON (AP) — In 1648, Margaret Jones, a midwife, became the first person in Massachusetts — the second in New England — to be executed for witchcraft, decades before the infamous Salem witch trials. Nearly four centuries later, the state and region are still working to come to grips with the sco
The state is working to fully atone for its witch trial legacy nearly 400 years after the first person was executed there for witchcraft.
A group is dedicated to clearing the names of all those accused, arrested or indicted for witchcraft in Massachusetts
The witch justice group helped successfully spearhead a similar effort in Connecticut, winning an official apology in May.
Massachusetts is working to fully atone for its witch trial legacy nearly 400 years after the first person was executed there for witchcraft. The latest push comes from a group