Last Salem ‘witch’ exonerated after 329 years, thanks to Grade 8 class

After a three-century wait, the last Salem “witch” can rest easy now that her name has officially been cleared.

Massachusetts lawmakers finally exonerated Elizabeth Johnson Jr. on Thursday, 329 years after she was convicted of witchcraft during the Salem witch trials. She was sentenced to death in 1693 but received a stay of execution along with a few other Massachusetts residents who had been charged. She was only 22 when she was sentenced.

In 1712, Johnson