Scottish People Convicted Of Witchcraft Could Be Pardoned

Around 4,000 Scots were accused of the crime with around 85% of those convicted being women.

After 300 years, thousands of Scottish people convicted of witchcraft could be pardoned.

A consultation's been launched into a bill that one minister says would "right the historic wrong".

Around 4-thousand Scots were accused of the crime with around 85-percent of those convicted being women.

Campaigners say, if passed, it would serve as a message to countries who continue to peruse "accusations of witchcraft"

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