Acceptance Of The Salem Witch Trials In 1692

The Salem Witch Trials In 1692, a group of teenage girls were accused of being demonically possessed. This fear and uncertainty caused people to create a mythological supernatural being which they called ”witches.” Humans tend to make up stories or creatures to hide the reality of things or because it is something which they can not understand and that is exactly what they did during that time. Today people still believe that witches walk among us and we can not even tell the difference. Salem, Massachusetts the place where it all began was already under a great amount of distress because the differences between the Puritan community and the farmers. The main thing people think about when they hear the name Salem are witches and the Salem witch trials. Salem is and forever will be the grounds that were stained with the bloodshed of many innocent lives. Back in the 1600s in Salem, Massachusetts more than 200 innocent people were accused of witchcraft. This fear of witchcraft swept throughout Salem. The people that were accused of Witchcraft had some sort of unusual characteristic about them that made them stand out from the others. “More people began displaying signs of affliction...Those from all walks of life,rich and poor,farmer and merchant,were now being accused. No one was exempt from being cried out as a witch”(Staff). People back
Courts became more involved with the actions taking place and they also made it known to the people that before accusing someone of a crime there must be accurate proof of the person committing the crime. This called for a revaluation of the fifth and sixth amendments. “Most of the rights that are related to the Salem Witch Trials deal with in the fifth and sixth amendment. The Fifth Amendment gives us rights such as, grand jury, double jeopardy, self-incrimination, and due process, while the sixth amendment gives us rights like jury trial, right to confront and