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What happened to the accused witches in the Salem witch trials?

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There were over 150 people charged in the Salem Witch Trials, but only twenty-eight were convicted. And of those twenty-eight only twenty died. So what happened to those twenty-eight?
-Five of the women confessed and were sparred..why?! (i mean they confessed to be with the devil why not kill them? why were they set free?!)
-Two of the women escaped
-One woman was pregnant and was pardoned for the babe
-One..the only man accused in the Salem Witch Trials..was 'pressed' (he was basically squished beneath a bunch of stones until he died)
-All the rest of them were hung

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