The infamous Salem witch trails began during the spring of 1692, after a group of young girls in Salem Village, Massachusetts, a special court convened in Salem to hear the cases the first convicted witch, Bridget Bishop, was hanged that June. Eighteen others followed Bishop to Salem's Gallows Hill, while some 150 more men, woman and children were accused over the next several months.
By September 1692, the hysteria had begun to abate and public opinion turned against the trials. Though the Massachusetts General Court later annulled guilty verdicts against accused witches and granted indemnities to their families, bitterness lingered in the community, and the painful legacy of the Salem with trails would endure for centuries.
I believe the whole trial could have been handled different, Instead of executing all of those people. I think that they should've investigated deeper into the cause, rather than pointing fingers and blaming others for their mistakes.
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