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    terrible. Trials that stand out are very similar, they don’t have reasonable doubt, they all have a bias against the defendant to begin with, and the judicial system doesn’t want to look bad. The witch trials are a great example and one of the oldest to happen in the colonial era, but it was still in America. The West Memphis three is another great example of the judicial system being corrupt. Even though these trials were hundreds of years apart, they are very similar. The Witch trials were…

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    The Trials Encounter Politics The citizens of Salem were not exclusively affected by the witch trials— the authorities were shaken as well. At first, judges involved in the trials placed blame on “the trickery of Satan,” releasing themselves from any feelings of guilt. They eventually recognized their mistakes, and on January 14, 1697 proclaimed a Day of Fasting, where twelve jurors admitted they had condemned people without proper evidence. We do hereby signify to all in general (and to the…

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    The Salem witch trials all started with Tituba who was a slave of Samuel Parris. Several other girls joined Tituba in the kitchen in early 1692. People thought that Tituba and her group had a black magic dance in the woods. The girls would fall to the floor and start screaming and this behavior started to spread all over Salem. Soon after the Puritans believed that the girls would never put themselves under such a spell. They started asking the girls who did this to them and who tortured them,…

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    9e57fd9ce7188cfede8Topic: The Salem Witch TrialsQuestion: What were the Salem Witch Trials and why did it affect the U.S?Thesis: The Salem Witch Trials were a series of hearings of over 200 people who were presumed to be witches, 13 women and 5 men of those who were brutally killed. These so-called witches were accused of black magic and curses, and were burned/hanged for those accusations. The Salem Witch Trials were a series of hearings of over 200 people who were presumed to be witches, 13…

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    There are many hypotheses on how the Salem Witch Trials began. In Salem 1692, many innocent people were put to death. Salem is a miniature town with a population of 600 people. Many of these people grew up with each other, but why would they accuse one another for being a witch if they knew them for ages? In this paper, I argue that LSD mixing into the supplies of grain, people acting to get the attention, and jealousy caused the Salem Witch Trial hysteria in 1692. LSD getting into the supply…

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    I Wrote ‘The Crucible’, ” which explains his connection of the witch trials and the current communist trials that were going on in his time period. A more recent case, just in the twentieth century in which Miller also experienced, the United States had to deal with the spread of communism. Many people were accused of being communists and were put on trial, where they would possibly be sent to jail.…

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    Nina Wise Professor Bruce Franklin HIST2013 14 September 2016 Salem Witch Trials In order to understand the Salem Witch Trials, you must first understand the Puritan belief in the supernatural. The Puritans believed that witches allied themselves with the devil to carry out evil deeds and anything bad that happened in the colonies such as death or illnesses were more times than not blamed on the work of witches (Boundless). They also believed in the wrath of God and they took any measure…

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    the Salem Witch Trials, many people and families were greatly affected. The Salem Witch Trials consisted of people being accused of bewitchment. Hangings, stoning or banishment were all consequences of being found guilty. The effect that the trials had on the people of the town was it had them living in constant fear. A grand total of 200 people were accused of bewitchment (Land of). Salem Witch Trials started off in Massachusetts during mid June. The hometown of Salem Witch Trials was in the…

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    The Salem Witch Trial In 1629, Salem was settled as a Massachusetts Bay Colony (Dunn 4). Little did anybody know that in about 50 years, this land would turn into one of the most remembered and haunted places in the world. In Salem, in the years between 1692 and 1693, over 150 people were accused of witchcraft, and 20 people were executed because of this accusation (“First Salem Witch Hanging”). This report will explain exactly how these executions happened and some of the dark conspiracies that…

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    Clinical Trial Team Structure Strategies Demands of industry and regulators for an improved clinical research landscape include quality by design concepts and increased efficiencies. Teams developing clinical research trials must be strategic to meet these demands and discover future innovations. Team structure must adapt to successfully implement a risk-based approach to trial execution. Team structures should become flexible and collaborative. Additional roles must be included on a…

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