The Accused

and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts between February 1692 and May 1693. Although it is believed that the witch hunt of 1692 started in Salem Village, in reality it first occurred in Charlestown. First of all, the witch hunt of 1692 started long ago in Charlestown by Margaret Jones who was a midwife, and the first person to be executed for witchcraft in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. According to Winthrop’s journal, Jones was accused in 1648 by some of her…

the commands of their frightening owners. Victims that survive pit bull mutilation incidents live with grudges towards the breed type itself not giving the group a chance at defense. These victims will never agree that pit bulls are falsely accused of crimes, and that the real criminals are the owners. This breed is not born aggressive their only crime is trusting in owners that force them to commit atrocious crimes. Even after living a horrible life as a fighting dog, pit bulls have…

Phillip Bivens was found notorious of aiding in the murder and rape of Eva Gail Patterson in the city of Hattiesburg, Mississippi in 1979. However, the conviction of Bivens was at the hands of two investigators that they believed to be a friend of the original convict, Larry Ruffin, along with Bobby Ray Dixon (Sherrer). Due to interrogation, Ruffin was coerced to confession in order to prevent from a direct death penalty, but with the risk of a full life sentence without parole (Robertson).…

In the early 1690’s puritans in New England believed god was punishing them. In Salem, Massachusetts blamed many members of the town for doing witchcraft. Two of the accused women were Tituba and Rebecca Nurse. Tituba confessed to doing witchcraft because she did not want to die, while Rebecca Nurse denied because she did not want to ruin her reputation. During the Salem Witch Trails Tituba admitted to preforming witchcraft. According to Tituba “The other pulled mee & hauled me to pinch the…

her in any way. Mayella Ewell should not have accused someone of her rape. Mayella went to court because she said that a man had raped her. In the book To Kill A Mockingbird the author Harper Lee wrote, "She was pretty well beat up, but I heaved her to her feet and she washed her face in a bucket in the corner and said she was all right"(Lee 167). In this part of the story Mayella was found and was taken to court because she said that she was accused of rape by Tom Robinson. Another thing the…

Woodville's Life As An Accused Witch Queen Consort Elizabeth Woodville remains a legacy in today's time. She impacted the future of England for centuries to come, because of her second marriage with King Edward IV from a royal family. Although controversial challenges such as witchcraft faced Woodville, she still made a lasting impact. Elizabeth Woodville and her family established a legacy that has had a tremendous effect in history to this date. Woodville was the first born of Sir Richard…

In Arthur Miller’s play, The Crucible, set in a Puritan town in Salem Massachusetts, is a play where many men and women are accused of associating themselves with the devil. Those accused had two choices: admit their relationship with the devil or hang. These innocent people are killed because of a few teenage girls telling lies. The girls felt respected and listened to for the first time, which fueled their accusations and chaos in Salem. The leader is Abigail Williams, who is a manipulator and…

against African Americans in the world. This issue has been a big eye- opening in today's world. This issue has been all over media and it's becoming a huge problem in today's society. In today's society, the people argue that police are wrongly accused of physical violence or that the police are just doing their jobs. This one situation that stood out to me that police are brutality and this just proves that police are doing wrong. Eric Garner a forty-three year old black male…

Good morning members of the jury, my name is Sandhya and I am the prosecutor for this case. It is common knowledge that Columbus is a villain and has done a lot bad things while he was “discovering” america. While we all recognize that, today we are going to provide adequate evidence to establish it as a legal fact in front of your court. At the conclusion of the case we will ask for a verdict of guilty. This case is about a defendant who not only wanted power and money but who would do…

People Accused Salem was suppose to be built around the ways of God. However, this wasn’t the case when the word of witchcraft appeared in Salem. Rumors about colonist performing witchcraft didn’t come off too well on their reputation. Children were suppose to be seen and not heard, but this wasn’t the case for the Salem witch trials. Judges and priest believed children didn’t have the heart to lie or slander people. For the Salem the trials this wasn’t the case Abigail and her group accused…