https://freerepublic.com/tag/exonerates/ en-us Mon, 10 Jul 2006 20:53:00 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1663294/posts VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - The Witch of Pungo is no longer a witch. Gov. Timothy M. Kaine on Monday exonerated Grace Sherwood, who 300 years ago became Virginia's only woman convicted as a witch tried by water. "I am pleased to officially restore the good name of Grace Sherwood," Kaine wrote in a letter Virginia Beach Mayor Meyera Oberndorf read aloud before a re-enactment of Sherwood's being dropped into the river. "With 300 years of hindsight, we all certainly can agree that trial by water is an injustice," Kaine wrote. "We also can celebrate the fact that a woman's equality... http://www.comcast.net/ https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1663294/posts#comment Mon, 10 Jul 2006 20:53:00 GMT