An Analysis Of Try Rosalyn Schanzer's Witches: The Salem Witch Trials

Try Rosalyn Schanzer’s Witches!The absolutely true tale of disaster in Salem. This happened in 1690. There religion was Puritan which was not a flashy religion. The trials were not fair because of the use of spectral evidence, the defendant's prosecution, and the the use of false evidence. The trials were not fair because of the defendant's prosecution. Everyone who was a defendant in that court before spectral evidence was banned was condemned to death. The defendants were always presumed guilty “During both the preliminary examinations and the ensuing trials, the accused witches were presumed guilty.” (“Salem witch trials legal dictionary”). Also in not a single trial, anybody had a lawyer.( Plus, most of these people were pious) How do you expect them to defend themselves if they do not know their rights or the law. It was almost like a person arguing with casper the friendly ghosts. “English people (including American Colonists) accused of criminal acts were not allowed to have a lawyer to defend them in a serious criminal trial, and neither were the accused witches” (Schanzer, 74).One person died in a very horrid …show more content…
But they did not try to find any other approach to this. It was unfair because of the use of spectral evidence, the defendant's prosecution, and the the use of false evidence. The use of Spectral evidence was unfair because only the accusers could see it. The defendant's prosecution was unfair because they were denied basically all civil liberties. The of false evidence was also unfair because the people who used it were not punished when they got caught. The trials were significant because it caused major reform in our judicial system. Like we got rid of the stone punishment if the defendant stayed silent, the right to a lawyer, and cross examination (the right to question witnesses and