Rebeccah Nurse

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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:	"Wrongly convicted of witchcraft in Salem, MA during what is now known as the Salem Witch Trials. Rebeccah Nurse (the modern spelling is Rebecca Nurse) was acquitted after her trial, but because of the public outcry the jury reconsidered its verdict and changed it to guilty. She was sentenced to death on July 19, 1692. Rebeccah Nurse is a central character in Arthur Miller's play The Crucible."
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Innocence Proved By:	"On October 17, 1711 she was exonerated when her Bill of Attainder was reversed by the Massachusetts legislature."
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Compensation Awarded:	£25
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Sex:	Female
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Petitions For Compensation And Decision Concerning Compensation, 1710-1711, Salem Witchcraft Trials 1692, (Famous American Trials website)"
Information Location 1:	http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/salem/SAL_PET.HTM
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Rebeccah Nurse

Charge:

Witchcraft

Sentence:

Death and Executed

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

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:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"On October 17, 1711 she was exonerated when her Bill of Attainder was reversed by the Massachusetts legislature."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

£25

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Female

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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