Last Salem ‘witch’ who wasn’t is pardoned 329 years later

329 years later, last Salem 'witch' is pardoned

A curious group of middle schoolers had taken up the cause of Elizabeth Johnson Jr., who had no descendants to clear her name.

329 years later, last Salem 'witch' is pardoned

A curious group of middle schoolers had taken up the cause of Elizabeth Johnson Jr., who had no descendants to clear her name.

329 years later, last Salem 'witch' is pardoned

A curious group of middle schoolers had taken up the cause of Elizabeth Johnson Jr., who had no descendants to clear her name.

329 years later, last Salem 'witch' is pardoned

A curious group of middle schoolers had taken up the cause of Elizabeth Johnson Jr., who had no descendants to clear her name.

Last Salem ‘witch’ pardoned in Massachusetts, thanks to North Andover Middle School students

Massachusetts lawmakers on Thursday formally exonerated Elizabeth Johnson Jr., clearing her name 329 years after she was convicted of witchcraft in 1693 and sentenced to death at the height of the …

329 years later, last Salem ‘witch’ who wasn’t is pardoned

BOSTON (AP) — It took more than three centuries, but the last Salem “witch” who wasn’t has been officially pardoned.Massachusetts lawmakers on Thursday formally exonerated Elizabeth Johnson Jr., clearing her name 329 years after she was 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.Lawmake…