Connecticut lawmakers exonerate 12 people convicted of witchcraft during 17th century

by JESSICA A. BOTELHO | The National Desk

Fri, May 26th 2023, 5:50 PM UTC

In this Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023 photo, Beth Caruso, author and co-founder of the CT Witch Trial Exoneration Project, which was created to clear the names of the accused, stands on the old town green in Windsor, Conn., where in 1651, an accident during a local militiamen training exercise led to the accusation of witchcraft and hanging of Lydia Gilbert. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

Connecticut Historical Society Collections Associate Julia Morrow displays an original complaint letter dated back to 1669 against Katherine Harrison, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023, in Hartford, Conn. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

FILE - Karla Hailer, a fifth-grade teacher from Scituate, Mass., takes a video on July 19, 2017, where a memorial stands at the site in Salem, Mass., where five women were hanged as witches more than three centuries years earlier. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia, File)

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In this Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023 photo, Beth Caruso, author and co-founder of the CT Witch Trial Exoneration Project, which was created to clear the names of the accused, stands on the old town green in Windsor, Conn., where in 1651, an accident during a local militiamen training exercise led to the accusation of witchcraft and hanging of Lydia Gilbert. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

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