He was talking about an overseer at the plantation where he worked as a child. The overseer was cruel, and even if a slave was perfectly innocent, once they were accused of wrongdoing by the overseer, they were to be punished immediately.
If they were convicted, their property was confiscated.
They didn't. Most people who were accused of witchcrafter were wrongly accused & convicted.
Only if Martial Law was declared.
They were both Italian immigrants who were accused then later convicted of the murder of Frederick Parmenter who was a paymaster and Alessandro Berardelli who was a security guard. They were killed when Sacco and Vanzitti robbed a shoe store in Massachusetts on the morning of April 5th, 1920. They stole $15,776 in total. They were both arrested on April 16th. They had their trials the next day and were both sentenced to death.
They usually hung, burnt, drowned, or cut them to death. EDIT: At Salem, they only hung the convicted witches. Burning was a Continental European punishment. Drowning was part of the water test and if you drowned you were innocent. And "cut" I can only explain as beheading. The only person accused of witchcraft to be beheaded was Anne Bolynn, and that was because she was convicted of treason.
accused - yes; convicted - no
The accused were arrested, jailed, and tried. If they were convicted, they were hanged.
He was accused and convicted of rape.
No reliable statistics are compiled or available. With little exception, virtually ALL convicted criminal offenders claim they were 'wrongly accused."
The burden of proof is BELIEF, BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT, that the accused committed the crime.
If they were convicted, their property was confiscated.
the action of extraditing a person accused of convicted a crime!!! :))))
Yes
They didn't. Most people who were accused of witchcrafter were wrongly accused & convicted.
The president pardons people whom he believes were unfairly convicted or unfairly punished for law violations of if he feels they have been punished enough. (Occasionally, presidents have been accused of pardoning people for political or personal reasons and that is always possible, I suppose.)
you want me to answer it ? im the one that asked it !!
because some people who are accused might be innocent.