Answer:
Stupidity is when you know you'll get run over by a car if you run in the road, but you do it anyway. Ignorance is when you're being not very smart about something you don't know much about. Ignorance has two meanings. You can either be ignorant about something you know, or ignorant about something you don't know.
Explanation:
Danforth needed a confession because the rule was that if they did not confess, they were hanged. If they did not confess and Danforth decided not to hang them, the town would become angry because 12 others were already hanged for not confessing.
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