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2007-10-23 03:12:41 · 5 answers · asked by Eric G 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
They could plead guilty, confess, and be forgiven, then executed; or they could plead innocent, be tried, found guilty, then executed. They were all hanged. The only exception was one gentleman who refused to enter a plea. Since there was no protocol on what to do, they tortured him to try to get him to plea either guilty or innocent. They put heavy rocks on his chest so he would plead, but he refused to do so, and was evenutally suffocated. One more interesting note: A dog was actually hanged for being a witch. Yay for tainted wheat!
2007-10-23 03:29:07 · answer #1 · answered by Meg 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well they could admit they were a Witch and be shunned after signing a confession to it. The other choice was deny it and go through a trial and usually end up in cases where they were killed. You know things like we are going to tie you to a rock and throw you in the water, if you float you are a witch and we'll kill you. Otherwise you'll be dead but hey you aren't a witch(yeah great option on that one.)
2007-10-23 03:22:10 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think they had the option of dying as a "witch" or dying as a Christian. Once you were accused and they decided to try you, you were going to die either way. It was only a matter of preserving your name in death.
2007-10-23 03:21:35 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Eric - I'm seeing a pattern here.
Have you read your textbook?
They could either submit to tests which they were told, if they passed, would prove they were NOT witches but inevitably killed them OR
they could keep denying it and be burned.
Now read your book, please.
2007-10-23 05:59:27 · answer #4 · answered by Sprouts Mom 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Death by suicide or death by burning at the stake; obviously there were no lawyers around.
2007-10-23 07:21:56 · answer #5 · answered by acmeraven 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋