SALEM EPISODE 6: Chaos in the courtroom
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Are You a Witch?
This episode, we hear stories that would horrify modern legal practitioners. Stories of judges rejecting not guilty verdicts and chaos in the court room. Those in charge pushed for prosecutions and allowed accusations to escalate. But is this fair? We ask historian marian gibson about what it must have been like as a witch trial judge.
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