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There are more laws regarding evidence and the quality of evidence has gone up. And, of course, what is considered evidence has changed.
Obviously, the Salem Witch Trials tried a very different crime. But, other than that, the Salem Trials were very much like a normal civil trial today.
Bench trials are when the judge is the decider of fact. A jury trial is where a jury plays that role and determines the verdict.
The Salem trials peaked in the summer of 1692.
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Alice Parker who was sentenced at the Salem witch trials and had no children. She was convicted for the death of Mary Warrens mother on September 22, 1962.
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