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More than three centuries after a Massachusetts woman was wrongly convicted of witchcraft and sentenced to death, she's finally on the verge of being exonerated -- thanks to a curious eighth-grade civics class.
Elizabeth Johnson Jr was condemned in 1693 at the height of the Salem Witch Trials but never executed.
Elizabeth Johnson Jr was condemned in 1693 at the height of the Salem Witch Trials but never executed.
Elizabeth Johnson Jr was condemned in 1693 at the height of the Salem Witch Trials but never executed.
The 1692 Salem witch trials caused so much turmoil that the Massachusetts town is still notorious for them.