U.K. facing movement to clear convictions of women executed for witchcraft
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There is a movement underway in the United Kingdom that is seeking official pardons for the thousands of women who were executed for witchcraft centuries ago. Holly Williams has the story.
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Inside the U.K. movement to pardon women executed for witchcraft centuries ago
In total, across England and Scotland, around 5,000 women convicted of witchcraft were executed, some by hanging and some by burning.
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U.K. facing movement to clear convictions of women executed for witchcraft
There is a movement underway in the United Kingdom that is seeking official pardons for the thousands of women who were executed for witchcraft centuries ago. Holly Williams has the story.
