The final outstanding conviction in the Salem Witchcraft Trials has finally been axed 329 years on after an eighth grade teacher and her class fought to clear the persecuted woman's name. Elizabeth Johnson Jr's exoneration came on Thursday, centuries on from the 1692 conviction which saw 22 year-old Johnson nearly put to death after she admitted practicing witchcraft. The judgement, part of a $53 billion state budget signed by ' Governor Charlie Baker, cleared Johnson, a woman who likely had a mental disability but never married or had children when she was accused in 1692.
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