The Salem Witch Trials were a series of court proceedings held in Massachusetts in 1692 in which 20 people were executed for allegedly practicing witchcraft.
Explanation:
The Witch Trials in Salem were a series of hearings and lawsuits in Essex, Suffolk and Middlesex in the colony of Massachusetts, America, between February 1692 and May 1693. More than 150 people were arrested and jailed, but several were suspected but not formally charged by authorities. The two courts sentenced 29 people to death for witchcraft. Nineteen of the accused, fourteen women and five men were hanged. One of the men who refused to confess was tortured to death. At least five people died in prison.
Although it became known as the "Salem Witch Trials", the hearings in 1692 were conducted in many cities in the province: Salem, Ipswich and Andover in Massachusetts. The best-known trial was conducted in the Court of Oyer and Terminer in 1692 in Salem. All 26 who were indicted were convicted.
Robert Kennedy was attorney general during his brother John F. Kennedy's administration.
As attorney general, he fought organized crime and was a key supporter of the Civil Rights Movement.
In 1953 Kennedy became an advisor to the Senate Subcommittee on Investigations under Senator Joseph McCarthy. Kennedy left the position just six months later, objecting to McCarthy’s unjust investigative tactics.
In 1960 Kennedy managed brother John’s presidential campaign. When JFK was elected, Robert was made U.S. attorney general and became one of JFK’s closest cabinet advisors. When JFK was assassinated in 1963, Robert resigned as attorney general the following September and announced his intent to run for a senate seat.
In 1968 Kennedy ran against Eugene McCarthy in the presidential election primaries. On June 5, 1968, following his victory speech at the California Democratic Primary at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, Kennedy was shot several times by gunman Sirhan Sirhan. He died the next day at age 42, his promising presidential administration over before it began.
