It's been 309 years, but Susannah Martin can finally rest in peace. Martin was one of 20 men and women who were hanged or crushed to death after being condemned during the Salem witch trials in Massachusetts, when colonial New England was run by the Tali... er, the Puritans. On Thursday, acting Gov. Jane Swift signed a bill officially exonerating Martin and four others who went to their deaths, doomed by superstition, bigotry and religious zealotry.
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It's been 309 years, but Susannah Martin can finally rest in peace. Martin was one of 20 men and women who were hanged or crushed to death after being condemned during the Salem witch trials in Massachusetts, when colonial New England was run by the Tali... er, the Puritans. On Thursday, acting Gov. Jane Swift signed a bill officially exonerating Martin and four others who went to their deaths, doomed by superstition, bigotry and religious zealotry.
