![]() ![]() ![]() Last year, through a budget amendment, Massachusetts finally exonerated Elizabeth Johnson Jr., the last person convicted in the Salem witch trials who had not yet had her name cleared. ![]() The bill is part of a microtrend of late: Nearly 400 years after their infamous witch trials, New England states have been introducing and passing legislation to exonerate those who were convicted. Dubitsky said he took issue with the vague wording of the bill and wanted more information about the crimes “related” to witchcraft and what exactly the legislature was going to exonerate them for. “I don’t happen to be one of them.”ĭubitsky’s unusual clarification was prompted by coverage of his objections to a bill currently before the Connecticut state legislature - coverage he says made him look like “a rube” who believed in witches - to exonerate Connecticut residents who were convicted of crimes relating to witchcraft in the 1600s. ![]() “There are plenty of people in this day and age who think there is such a thing as witchcraft,” Dubitsky said in a recent phone interview. Doug Dubitsky does not believe in witches. ![]()
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