All of which lived in a society that gave them little attention. Although lack of attention served as a relevant motive, it was not however acceptable to lay their lives on the line. Years after the trials concluded, the leader of the accusers of the trials, Abigail Williams died unmarried, and was known to live an unfulfilling life after the trials. friend to other accusers later relinquished a public apology for the part she played in the witch trials. “I had no such thing against one of them; but what I did was ignorantly being deluded by Satan,” said Ann Putnam in her apology speech. Here she admits her fault in judgment, while still putting much of the blame off on her religion. The rest of the accusers of the Salem Witch Trials never confessed to their accusations, much like the jury in this situation they lost respect and trustworthiness. In late 1693 many people in the small Puritan community began to push away the idea of witchcraft and sorcery, and lost faith in the ways of the Justice system. There were a total of 9 overs lead by the chief magistrate, William Stoughton. William Stoughton like many of the overs int the trial accepted spectral versus hard evidence, because of this much of the community lost hope in the judges of the justice system. None of the overs for the trials apologize or admitted to a possible error in …show more content…
Many would ponder the thought of how an established community allowed young teenage girls takeover the community with faulty accusations. The accusers and oyers were able to move on with life without a trial, or conviction, yet only receive a slap on the wrist and a loss of respect. The accused were only allowed back into the community, with minor compensation, while still being seen as witches by many. The accused and executed, were allowed to be murdered, with only an apology to leave to the remaining loved ones. No, Justice was not rightfully served to these people, but only to the current justice