The Rosenberg trial and the Alger Hiss trial
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.
If they were convicted, their property was confiscated.
It was started by the people who were accused
No Mary Bradley was ever formally accused. However, a Mary Bradbury was.
They didn't. Most people who were accused of witchcrafter were wrongly accused & convicted.
Holocaust trials in Soviet Estonia happened in 1961.
The trials officially ended because once the queen was accused she demanded that the trials be stopped EDIT: The Queen was not accused. The wife of the Massachusetts governor was accused and the governor demanded a stop to the Trials and wrote to London for the power to pardon all the imprisoned.
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many trials no they were not fair at all?
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It was started by the people who were accused
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Mary Warren was accused during the Salem witch trials primarily because she was a servant in the Proctor household and participated in the witchcraft accusations against others. As one of the girls who claimed to be afflicted by witchcraft, her involvement heightened suspicions, and her testimony was used to bolster the accusations against various townsfolk. Additionally, her shifting allegiances and attempts to assert her independence contributed to her being targeted in the chaotic environment of the trials.
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.
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.
If they were convicted, their property was confiscated.