Massachusetts grants absolution to its last remaining witch
Elizabeth Johnson is believed to have died in 1747 and been buried in an unmarked grave in the Old Burying Ground in North Andover.
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Elizabeth Johnson is believed to have died in 1747 and been buried in an unmarked grave in the Old Burying Ground in North Andover.
After more than 300 years, a woman who was found guilty of using witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts has been pardoned.
A woman who was wrongly convicted of witchcraft in Massachusetts in 1693 and sentenced to hang has been formally exonerated.
The last person to be falsely convicted of being a witch in Massachusetts in the 17th century has been pardoned by the Massachusetts Senate.
Lawmakers agreed to reconsider her case last year after a curious eighth-grade civics class at North Andover Middle School took up her cause.