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The legal trials were standard to the era. Groups of accused (five in most cases, eight in one and a single person in the only exception) were sent in front of a panel of judges headed by William Stoughton. Those judges listened to the wails of the afflicted and nearly immediately pronounced each guilty. Except for Rebecca Nurse, who was deemed innocent and then the reaction of the crowd forced a reconsideration.

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