From MSNBC...Anna Goeldi was executed for being a witch more than 220 years ago — the last witch beheaded in Europe. On Wednesday, the Swiss decided the least they could do was clear her name.But get this...The parliament of the Swiss canton (state) of Glarus decided unanimously Wednesday to exonerate Goeldi as a victim of "judicial murder," said Josef Schwitter, a government spokesman.
..Several thousand people, mainly women, were executed for witchcraft between the 14th and 18th centuries in Switzerland, and elsewhere in Europe. Yet Goeldi's trial and beheading in the village of Mollis took place at a time when witch trials had largely disappeared from the continent.
Last year, the canton's executive branch and the Protestant Church council both rejected even considering an exoneration..Are ya kidding me? On what basis would they have had to even slightly consider objecting to exonerating her?
For the full story which involves an affair, a burgher (hold the cheese!), and a good old-fashioned frame-up click here.
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