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Write a 1-paragraph synopsis of your fate after you went through the trial yourself. Did you plead guilty or not guilty? What was your sentence? How did this experience make you feel? What did you learn that you didn't know before?
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I pleaded not guilty. My sentence was to be hung. This experience made me feel angry and frustrated that no one believed me. Also, scared and sad because i knew that, if this had been real i would not have lived no matter what i did. But strangely enough it probably would have been a relief, that i wouldn't have to be hated and feared anymore and i would never have to sit in that dungeon again. What i learned that i hadn't known before is that some people might possibly lie to get you into trouble and even if there is plausible evidence, some people will stick to their beliefs and not believe what you say.-Wendy Fillman
ReplyDeleteI pleaded not guilty.Tthe jury I was inoccent, but as they say this the girls which I have been having the fits has another fit.I am then senentce to be hanged. I found this experience was very cool I did something once but it was a semulater of when the gold rush as happening. I did not know about the girls that had thhe fits.
ReplyDeleteI was pleaded guilty. I was sentenced to death by being hanged. It made me feel glad that I didn't live back in that time. I didn't know that people would actually support you! I now feel really bad for the people that were innocent but were "guilty."
ReplyDelete~Hanna Hanson :(
I pleaded guilty because I'd rather die than have my life be destroyed and live a lie. I ended up being hung, and it was kinda depressing, and I didn't really get it that they were asking the questions, but were going to kill you anyway. I learned that all the people who pleaded not guilty died because of ignorant people who wouldn't believe them, even though the acused witches knew that death was on the line. There was really no way out of having a terrible life after a witch trail because if you think about it, it ruins them. Acused witches were screwed.
ReplyDeleteI pleadeded not guilty and I was one of the lucky few. I was freed after the trial. This made me feel really astonished that this could have happened. For a while it had all seemed like a joke or a ghost story but this really brought it into perspective. I already knew mosst of the facts but I just hadn't put them together. This really put everything into perspective for me. This made me really glad I didn't live then. Something that really suprised me was that an infant was accused and hung, that just brings a whole other aspect into it. This activity amazed me and made me glad this doesn't go on now.
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I pleaded not guilty. I was sentenced to be hung, but my "son" came out with a piece of paper and it read that I practiced religion and "raised" righteous children. The judge said not guilty, but right as he said it the girls started to act all weird and then I was hung. Not fair. I learned that other people can support your side but it was pretty much useless.
ReplyDeleteI pleaded guilty. I was let go of and I escaped
ReplyDeletei thought i was reading some horror story. Thank God I didn't live back in the day. The girls were such liars. I lived and didn't die but I would probely get taunted by evreybody if I lived back than.
During the trial i pleded not guilty because to pled guilty would be a lie and god would be shamed of me.so i was hanged and i would rather die than live without any family or friends. i would also not like to be juged by god. i didnt really learn any thing new exept how long the trials were.
ReplyDeleteduring the trial i pleaded not guilty my sentence was to be hung. i was anery fore if this was real i would have been forced to die for doing nothing wrong and i could not possible do anthing about it. althought if i would have admitted to it i would have been kicked out of the church and my land andd money would have been takin away and my familly would have been tourmented. i feel dieing would have been the best route if you were accused of witchcraft in the 1700s.
ReplyDeleteDuring the trial I pleaded guilty because I did not want to die and I don't care if I lived in jail the rest of my life. I had to accuse someone elseso I got a lesser teatment. I also pleaded guilty because I knew I was going to die. But I was wrong, the governor granted an amnesty, I borrowed my jail fees from my family, and you went home. I am glad iI was not alive in the 1700s
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ReplyDeleteI begged not guilty. Of course I was sentenced guilty, death was my punshiment. I was hanged with others. This experience made me feel hopeless. What I learned that I didn't know before was that witches had very little chance of not being sentenced guilty if not admiting a crime.
At first i was proven not guilty but after that something happend and i was proven guilty. me and a few other people were hung. i was dangleing in agony, fighting for a breath. it was terrible just reading it. its like i couild feel every source of pain through my mind.
ReplyDeletei got hanged. they claimed i was guilty. this made me feel ignored because i was not a witch but everyone else said i was.
ReplyDeletei pleaded not guilty. i wasn't happy that they decided to hang me because i didn't get to say anything else. people in that time are to liberate in hanging people. I learned that being alive in that time must have been really miserable.
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ReplyDeleteWhen I went through the trials i had one thing in mind. I wanted to live; so I pleaded guilty and i was let free. It wasnt worth it though because I had lost all my friends. I went back to my lonely cold house and sat there. The girls just randomly picked people and made up fake stories to get popular. So I survived but for what cost?
I said i was guilty because like Malindi said, i would most defiently rather die than have people look at me wierd or think i am a witch an not want to talk to me. I was also hung. It makes me feel bad because a lot of innocent people must have died. They really only beilieved the people who were testifying against the "witch". I'm glad people arnt like this today and that things are fair now.
ReplyDeleteI said I wasn't guilty that I was a witch. I begged to be let go because I was inoccent, not a witch! I went to 2 trials and I said "I won't lie." I felt discared 'cause these girls were making everything worse than before. Anything I did or said didn't make a difference. They would watch my every move, waiting 'til I couldn't say anything more but say I was guilty, but I didn't said that. 45 or so of my neighbors & my son, signed a petition saying that I was a good church member, also that they've known me for man years... etc. Even that didn't help my case! I was convicted GUILTY! I felt hopeless knowning that I couldn't do anything about what was going on. Nothing I did was right or anything I said didn't help me what so ever. It felt sadding because people started crying to know their fellow friend & mother was about to die. I was hung...
ReplyDeleteWhat I learned out of all of this is, even if you do say your not guilty that your not a witch. It doesn't matter at all, your inoccence doesn't mean anything when their are other people around saying things and doing things to themself that can make you appear as a wtich. Your helpless to the fact other people have you twisted around their finger so they can do anything they want to you 'til the day you die.
I pleaded guilty. I thought that I was going to die but, then I accused someone else of being guilty. The judge let me go free. I was one of the few people that lived. I had to borrow money from my family to pay for my jail fines. I felt bad that I had to lie. I also felt angry that the only reasons I lived was because I lied and accused someone of being a witch even, though they weren't. Plus, I learned that Massachusetts had made the memorial for the people who died in the witch trails just eighteen years ago.
ReplyDeleteTessa Ruopp
i was guilty. i died from being hung. i was curious to what was going to happen next. i never knew a witch trail was so harsh! i felt bad for my family because they have to live without an important part of there family. i learned that if say you aren;t guilty then you die but if you are then you have a better possibility of surviving.
ReplyDeleteI pleaded not guilty. There were 2 girls that were accused along with me. They had both been with me when someone in the village got mysteriously murdered and there were no sign of foot prints or any thing. So I was one of the many who had been accused. Although we were in jail we still got food since I was a little more wealthy than the other 2 girls. In the end one of the girls started shrieking and did not stp until she started flying around the room. When she stopped hovering I asked her who has been tormenting her and she said, " you are the one who has been tormenting me."
ReplyDeleteI pleaded guilty cause i figured i might as well just take the punishment luckily i was not hung. this made me feel that it is really unfair i mean i really wasnt guilty but the liars (girls) accused me of something i didn't do and everyone just believed the girls not me!! thhis makes me glad i didn't live back then.
ReplyDeleteAfter I did the witch trials, I was pleaded guilty. My sentence was being hung, and that's what I died from. This made me realize how unfair this whole witch trial thing was. If i lived back then, I feel like everybody would be going against me, because of the unfairness. I also realized that if you admitted it, whether you really are a witch or not, you had a much larger chance of surviving. But, you would be humiliated, and would have a bad reputation. If you weren't a witch, or if you were, but you didn't admit it, you would die, almost for sure, because I'm sure you would float if you tried swimming. Either way, its not fair.
ReplyDelete-Christine Daooooooo(:
I pleaded not guilty because I have never practiced witch craft in my life. The jury disagreed and scorned me for " lying" and I was found guilty and sent to the gallows with a man and a women; first him, then her, then, ME! I don't thing that it was at all fair to hang me for standing by my principles.
ReplyDeleteI pleaded innocent because people kept on saying that if you wanted to live, then you should push yes on the confessions. i was surprised when they believed the girls that accused me; but they didn't believe me. the salem witch trials website also was very creepy and dark so it really makes you feel what is was like to be accused as a witch.
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