Salem Witch Trials Unfair Essay

The Salem Witch Trials were “unfair” throughout countless eyes of villagers that lived in Salem village during this ghastly era. These trials were conducted on people that were either “seen” conducting strange activity or exhibiting strange behavior. The villagers called these people who were accused of showing abnormal behavior, witches. These witches are then brought to court and tried against the judges. The judges would then determine whether the witch would be announced innocent or would be given a punishment. This depended on the witch’s testimony that would be given to the judges. Often these testimonies that are given by these witches are usually admitting to witchcraft and shortly after accuse someone else. Some did not admit to witchcraft …show more content…
During the class Salem Witch Trials, in the beginning, two people were afflicted, and their testimonies they announced to the judges were very weak and ended up becoming executed. After some time, more and more people were getting accused by others. In a short amount of time there was an abundant amount of people in the afflicted area and the accused. When giving their testimony, they had power over what to say and how to word their testimony, nevertheless, had to make it look like they were innocent. When it came down to the judges, the accused had no power at all. In addition to having no power, if someone was accused, you had no say at that moment whether that person was lying, it was an automatic accusation and you were forced to go up and give a testimony, in hopes of being spared by the judges. The lack of power made many people feel hopeless ,plus they had no control. One misguided word could cost them their life. In my position, I was never accused until the very end of the witch trials and was not able to get the full experience of how It must of felt without having any power. If you were accused the only power that was given was you were allowed to give a testimony and if that person was sent to afflicted, was allowed to contribute and tell their story but that was the only power you had. If someone else’s testimony sounded a lot more convincing, clear, and justifiable, you had no power in the judge’s decision for you. I felt that I had no power when i was accused because I could not sit and state how I thought that person was lying but instead had to go up and give a testimony. I felt like I had some power of what I could say and how to persuade the judges , but when it came to decision making I was completely powerless and felt like the decisions that were made for some were very