MA Senator, North Andover students move to exonerate 'Last Witch'
North Andover students, with help from state Sen. Diana DiZoglio, have finally set the stage for 'The Last Witch' to rest with her name cleared.
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North Andover students, with help from state Sen. Diana DiZoglio, have finally set the stage for 'The Last Witch' to rest with her name cleared.
Massachusetts lawmakers formally exonerate Elizabeth Johnson Jr, who was sentenced to death in 1693
Lawmakers agreed to reconsider her case last year after a curious eighth-grade civics class took up her cause and researched the legislative steps needed to clear her name.
It took more than three centuries, but the last Salem “witch” who wasn’t has been officially pardoned.
North Andover Middle School students in Massachusetts began researching the legislative steps to exonerate Elizabeth Johnson Jr. of witchcraft.