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Danforth’s Witch Hunt, Is It J - College Paper

Danforth’s Witch Hunt, Is It J

ustified?
I write in response to your column regarding Judge Danforth’s actions during the
witch trials in Salem. Surprisingly, you praised Judge Danforth for his “impartiality and tact” during this tragic set of trials. You could not be farther from the truth. Judge Danforth abused his judicial power, throughout the trials, to the fullest of his abilities. His abuses range from berating and coercing witness into saying what he wants them go, to blatantly ignoring testimony that refuted the
accusers. He presides over his courtroom as if he has divine right. Judges are supposed to find truth, not invent it. When Mary Warren confessed to Danforth that she, along with the other accusers ...

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to prove that Thomas Putnam hath prompted his daughter to falsely cry witchery on George Jacobs, Danforth dismisses the claim. Why you say? The lack of tangible evidence, yet when the young harlots claimed that invisible spirits of Salem community members attacked them, Danforth used it as evidence, that proved to be damning. Hypocrisy, like this, in the judicial system is inexcusable.
Lastly, Judge Danforth hath condemned people before they were allowed
trial. The accused witches were given the choice, confess or hang. This is
condemnation ultimately. Either way, their decision has no good outcome. If they confess to witchery they will be blackballed from the community and shunned, if they refuse to confess, they will be hanged. This ultimate miscarriage of justice also led people to make an even more harrowing decision at the same time, between their God and their life. To refute the claims leads them to lose their life, but to lie will be a sin in the eyes of their God. ...

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Added: 4/27/2005 11:02:29 AM
Category: World History
Type: Premium Paper
Words: 497
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