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« on: March 20, 2008, 01:33:29 PM »
Legislature considers bill denouncing Connecticut witch hunts
March 20, 2008

HARTFORD, Conn.

Centuries after the fact, state lawmakers are hoping to bring justice to those judged during Connecticut's colonial witch trials.

The Judiciary Committee is hearing testimony on a resolution that denounces the trials as shocking and the result of community-wide hysteria and fear.

The resolution also states that those convicted and their ancestors should be freed from the stigma of the witchcraft accusations.

Connecticut's witch trials were held between 1647 and 1697. It's estimated that about 10 women were executed, mostly by hanging. Others were banished, fled the colony or indicted. One women was dropped into water to see if she possessed evil spirits, but was later given a reprieve by the General Assembly.

Some men were also tried for witchcraft in Connecticut.

Source: newsday.com
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« Reply #1 on: March 20, 2008, 02:09:56 PM »
Glad to see that they can come to a resolution. It is about 311 years too late, but better now than never I guess
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« Reply #2 on: March 20, 2008, 02:41:07 PM »
Took awhile didn't it? *sighs*
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« Reply #3 on: May 14, 2008, 02:18:30 AM »
Apologetics - It's about time this happens. Those in the trials will not know the difference [on the Earthly Plane] but their relatives can live in comfort now. This is great news.
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« Reply #4 on: May 14, 2008, 05:06:53 PM »
Well atleast they get some sort of justice many years later..
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« Reply #5 on: May 14, 2008, 06:51:09 PM »
Too little too late, in my opinion.
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« Reply #6 on: May 15, 2008, 01:22:34 PM »
Eh its cool news but I certainly don't blame the state for taking so long. 
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« Reply #7 on: May 17, 2008, 11:36:32 PM »
I think the biggest issue has been trying to get over superstition that has been ingrained into the society's psychological make up.  While it was wrong that the witch hunts happened, we are also talking about a group of people who were raised to believe that they were doing the right thing.  For years, it was taught that a certain group or characteristics defined something that was 'evil' and 'harmful.'  And now society has been evolving beyond the negative stereotypes and superstitions.   How people de-humanize other human beings to the point of hunting them as not human is a debate for another time, another place. 

Otherwise, I am glad that a resolution has been made.  I will not contradict the posts that mention how long it took, but I guess at least it has been finally done...


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