That is only one example, David. There was one woman in her late 70's who was convicted and sentenced to death by hanging. She was jailed, but was eventually pardoned when the abuses were ruled just that and the trials ended in 1692. The jailed woman, although pardoned, died in jail before she could be released. Those condemned but not yet executed were pardoned and released in 1693. The fact that the Puritans were mistreated in England, and had to flee to the Netherlands, then migrate to the Massachusetts colony on the Mayflower to survive did not cause them to be kinder to others or see value in the teachings of Christ.
how fricken awful!
That is only one example, David. There was one woman in her late 70's who was convicted and sentenced to death by hanging. She was jailed, but was eventually pardoned when the abuses were ruled just that and the trials ended in 1692. The jailed woman, although pardoned, died in jail before she could be released. Those condemned but not yet executed were pardoned and released in 1693. The fact that the Puritans were mistreated in England, and had to flee to the Netherlands, then migrate to the Massachusetts colony on the Mayflower to survive did not cause them to be kinder to others or see value in the teachings of Christ.