It only took 329 years, but Elizabeth Johnson Jr who was accused of witchcraft in 1693, has officially been pardoned.Massachusetts lawmakers on Thursday formally exonerated Elizabeth Jr., clearing her name 329 years after she’s convicted of witchcraft in 1693 and sentenced to death at the height of the Salem Witch Trials.
Johnson was never executed, but neither was she officially pardoned like others wrongly accused of witchcraft.
“We will never be able to change what happened to victims like Elizather but at the very least can set the record straight” DiZoglo said (Sen. Diana DiZoglio)
Source: Kole W. 329 years later, last Salem ‘witch’ who wasn’t is pardoned, APNews
