All the false accusations from people caused the court to execute the accused witches without any strong evidence of practicing witchcraft. “She introduced a full, malevolent cast, their animal accomplices and various superpowers. A sort of satanic Scheherazade, she was masterful and gloriously persuasive” (Schiff). After Tituba had confessed to seeing the devil and blame others the hysteria and blaming had started. After 15 months in prison, Tituba went on trial for contacting with the devil. (Schiff). Over 150 people in Salem were accused of being a witch (Salem Witch Trials).
Around 20 suspects and a few animals were hanged for witchcraft (Asirvatham).
The supernatural claims by the some convicted people caused the government to try to distinguish more suspects for witchcraft. Many suspects got arrested and went for trial. Acts of rape of molesting were often related to satanism, so children were asked to point out people, but the children often lied to gain attention (Asirvatham). A lot of innocent people were accused by children since children were encouraged and rewarded to find rapists and molesters.
All of these actions taken in the court shows how people can inhumane by not giving them a chance and hanging them. It also shows how people can easily blame others for attention. Many convicted people who pleaded innocent were given harsher punishments. People were hanged without letting them defend themselves which is very inhumane.
Bridget Bishop was the first defendant to be convicted on June 2. She was hanged on June 10 in a place called Gallows Hill in Salem Village (Salem Witch Trials). George Burroughs, who was a minister in the Salem Village was convicted because he was accused of being the witches’ ringleader (Salem Witch Trials). Giles, accused of witchcraft, he did not plead guilty which lead to harsher punishments. He was pressed under rocks for 2 days until he died (Salem Witch Trials). These people weren’t able to defend themselves and were hanged which is very cruel to them since a lot of accusations were false. Many lives of people were ruined because of being accused of witchcraft. When Giles stood up for himself he was given a harsher punishment which was unnecessary and inhumane to him. 8 People who were convicted because of witchcraft were hanged on September 22 (Salem Witch Trials).
When the Governor Phips wife was accused of witchcraft, he ceased all the trials in Court of Oyer and Terminer. He established the Superior Court of Judicature that banned the use of any spectral evidence in the court. (Salem Witch Trials). When Governor Phips stopped the trials because of his wife, it showed how unfair he was to everyone else who was convicted.
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