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Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Witchcraft |
Sentence: |
Death and Executed |
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Year Convicted: |
1692 |
Year Cleared: |
1711 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
Massachusetts |
County or Region of Crime: |
Essex |
City of Crime: |
Salem |
Result: |
Legislature Overturned Conviction after Execution |
Summary of Case: |
"George Burroughs was wrongly convicted of witchcraft in Salem, MA during what is now known as the Salem Witch Trials." |
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Compensation Awarded: |
£50 |
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Sex: |
Male |
Skin/Ethnicity: |
White |
Information Source 1: |
"Petitions For Compensation And Decision Concerning Compensation, 1710-1711, Salem Witchcraft Trials 1692, (Famous American Trials website)" |
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http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/salem/SAL_PET.HTM |
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Innocents Database Created and Maintained by Hans Sherrer innocents@forejustice.org