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After 329 years, a woman accused of being a witch in Salem has been exonerated

Karla Hailer, a teacher from Scituate, Mass., takes a video on July 19, 2017, where a memorial stands at the site in Salem, Mass., where five women were hanged as witches more than three centuries years earlier. Massachusetts lawmakers on have formally exonerated Elizabeth Johnson Jr., clearing her name 329 years after she was convicted of witchcraft at the height of the Salem Witch Trials. (AP)
Karla Hailer, a teacher from Scituate, Mass., takes a video on July 19, 2017, where a memorial stands at the site in Salem, Mass., where five women were hanged as witches more than three centuries years earlier. Massachusetts lawmakers on have formally exonerated Elizabeth Johnson Jr., clearing her name 329 years after she was convicted of witchcraft at the height of the Salem Witch Trials. (AP)

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