A Massachusetts group is working to clear the names of people accused,
convicted or executed for witchcraft in the state of Massachusetts.
During the 16 hundreds,
the Massachusetts witch hunt justice project is
looking to persuade the state to take
accountability for the hundreds of people who
were accused and persecuted for witchcraft.
Between a 1638 and 1693
most of those people escaped execution,
but those caught up in which trials throughout
the 16 hundreds have largely been ignored,
including five women who were hanged for witchcraft between 1648
and 1688.
The group has been collecting signatures in hopes of
bringing the case to the state as of today,
it has about 700 signatures.