Being tried as with would have sucked. Really once you were accused it was just a guessing game whether you lived or not. If not guilty to being a witch you were sure to die, but if you pleaded guilty then there is 50/50 chance to live. In order to stay alive you had to plead guilty and then testify against someone else being tried. I pleaded not guilty and went straight to jail and then hung. During my trail my son brought up a petition that he got 40 other people to sign. The judge took this into consideration and it looked like my case had hope. The judge announced that I was NOT GUILTY. This was until the possessed women began shrieking. The judge rethought his decision and the re-announced that I was GUILTY. After my trail I went to jail to await my hanging. Four people were being hung on the same day as me and I was the last one to get hung.
During the Salem Witch Trails 25 "witches" were prosecuted and died 19 of them were hung at Gallows Hill in 1692. The others died in prison. In May 1693 Governor William Phips pardoned all those who were still in prison on witchcraft charges. They were free but only if they could pay their jail bills. To make up for all the torment the accused went through in 1711 the legislature passed a bill restoring the rights and good names of some of the victims awarding restitution to their heirs, and the city of Salem and the town of Danvers (originally Salem Village) dedicated memorials to the slain "witches" in 1992.
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