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There were over 150 people charged in the Salem Witch Trials, but only twenty-eight were convicted. And of those twenty-eight only twenty died. So what happened to those twenty-eight?

-Five of the women confessed and were sparred..why?! (i mean they confessed to be with the devil why not kill them? why were they set free?!)

-Two of the women escaped

-One woman was pregnant and was pardoned for the babe

-One..the only man accused in the Salem Witch Trials..was 'pressed' (he was basically squished beneath a bunch of stones until he died)

-All the rest of them were hung

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They would have a trial. If they confessed, they would be set free. If they didn't confess, they would be put in jail and eventually be hanged.

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