He didn't murder them but he did demanded for them to be hang. Because they were accused of witchcraft. Judge Danforth came to Salem to get to the bottom of the witchcraft situation. Once he started hanging people that were innocent he just kept doing it. In "The Crucible" by Arthur Miller Judge Danforth said "Hang them high over the town!Who weeps for these, weep for corruption."(240) This means that whoever he he demands to be hang he wants it high over the town where everybody can see that he cleaning Salem. Whoever weeps for these, weeps for corruption. Whoever weeps for the person that is being hang means that we're involved into the witchcraft
He didn't murder them but he did demanded for them to be hang. Because they were accused of witchcraft. Judge Danforth came to Salem to get to the bottom of the witchcraft situation. Once he started hanging people that were innocent he just kept doing it. In "The Crucible" by Arthur Miller Judge Danforth said "Hang them high over the town!Who weeps for these, weep for corruption."(240) This means that whoever he he demands to be hang he wants it high over the town where everybody can see that he cleaning Salem. Whoever weeps for these, weeps for corruption. Whoever weeps for the person that is being hang means that we're involved into the witchcraft