#329 years later, last Salem ‘witch’ who wasn’t is pardoned
“329 years later, last Salem ‘witch’ who wasn’t is pardoned” BOSTON — It took more than three centuries, but the last Salem “witch” who wasn’t has been officially pardoned. Massachusetts lawmakers on Thursday formally exonerated Elizabeth Johnson Jr., clearing her name 329 years after she was convicted of witchcraft in 1693 and sentenced to death…