In Salem, accused witches had no right to a lawyer. As a result, they could not cross ... witch hunts to validate its proceedings. Similarly, the concept of relevance usually keeps trials focused ...

The Salem trials ... Cross officer who had been stationed in Russia, expressed hope the country would deal with suspected Bolshevik sympathizers with intelligent action instead of in a “witch ...

Between 1638 and 1693, hundreds were accused, and many were executed, after the infamous Salem witch trials. Now, one group is collecting signatures for a petition in hopes of convincing lawmakers ...

In 1648, Margaret Jones, a midwife, became the first person in Massachusetts — the second in New England — to be executed for witchcraft, decades before the infamous Salem witch trials.

Elizabeth Johnson Jr., a woman convicted of witchcraft during the Salem witch trials in the 1690s, was finally exonerated last week after years of petitioning by Massachusetts teacher Carrie ...

BOSTON — It took more than three centuries, but the last Salem "witch" who wasn't has ... sentenced to death at the height of the Salem Witch Trials. Johnson was never executed, but neither ...

More than 300 years after the conclusion of the Salem Witch Trials, a class of middle-schoolers has helped clear the name of the last woman legally classified as a witch. The path to exonerating ...