329 years later, last 'witch' from Salem Witch Trials is pardoned
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WBAL Radio 1090 AM - 329 years later, last 'witch' from Salem Witch Trials is pardoned
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.
The last person whose conviction of witchcraft in the Salem Witch Trials remained on the books had her name cleared Thursday when the Massachusetts Senate...
BOSTON (AP) — It took more than three centuries, but the last Salem “witch” who wasn’t has been officially pardoned. Massachusetts lawmakers on Thursday formally exonerated Elizabeth Johnson Jr., clearing her name 329 years after she was convicted of witchcraft in 1693 and sentenced to death at the height of the Salem Witch Trials.
It took more than three centuries, but the last Salem, Massachusetts “witch” who wasn’t has been officially pardoned.