With distant family members looking on, Connecticut senators voted Thursday, May 25, 2023, to absolve the 12 women and men convicted of witchcraft -- 11 of whom were executed — more than 370 ...

Leading religious figures and founders of Connecticut played roles in the trials. John Haynes and Thomas Welles, the first and fourth colonial governors, were magistrates at the trials.

Connecticut’s Judiciary Committee approved a resolution Monday that apologizes on behalf of the state for the long-ago convictions of witches in colonial Connecticut. Overall, 34 people were ...