Everyone accused tended to be on the normal side but some were more on the edge of society. When people who weren't average and everyday, people in power began to stop believing the accussations. And when a relative of the governor, William Phips, was accused, he halted the trials and wrote to London to get an order from Parliment and the Crown to dissolve the Trials' court and end the trials completly.
Plenty of people stood to gain something from convictions and executions, namely the people who had disputes with those who were accused.
It was started by the people who were accused
yes
the person who accused a people
It was started by the people who were accused
Countless people.
They didn't. Most people who were accused of witchcrafter were wrongly accused & convicted.
Many people were accused of communism in the 1950s but the only people executed were Ethel and Julius Rosenberg in 1951.
Around one hundred and sixty people. The first group to be accused fit the profile of a stereotypical witch. They were outsiders in the community, economically-independent or poor and mostly women. But as the trials progressed, the accused deviated from that profile.
How many of the accused were innocent: 100%
Yes. People accused later in the trials were not jailed when accused because people didn't believe the accusations as quickly. Some, like John Alden, left Salem before they could be sent to prison.
The City Courthouse represents the main place, where all the trials are held. There people, who were accused of something are judged and if they are proven guilty, the are sentenced to jail or fines.