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Calls for UK government to pardon women executed for witchcraft

Council leader writes to home secretary asking for general pardon for ‘witches’ convicted in 16th and 17th centuries

On 30 July 1652, seven women were hanged on Penenden Heath in Maidstone, Kent. Witc…