Help us get a royal pardon for British ‘witches’
By order of the monarchy, an estimated 3,000 people were convicted under the British Witchcraft Acts between 1542 and 1735. Many were executed.
The British Witch Trials were state-sanctioned violence - typically inflicted upon the most vulnerable members of society.
By 1735 Parliament were acutely aware that there was no credible proof of witchcraft, and the Witchcraft Acts were finally repealed. I n secular courts people were usually tried for the make-believe crime of maleficium:using demonic magic to cause harm
13,157 of our supporters signed our petition calling for a posthumous pardon for the victims of this monumental miscarriage of British justice
The official government response so far is as follows:
‘The Government acknowledges the historic injustices of people accused between the 16th and 18th centuries. However, there are no plans to legislate to pardon those who were convicted.’
Fortunately, legislation is not our only option…
We request the Royal Prerogative of Mercy (RPM) be effected to pardon our historic British witches.
We request the RPM be effected to remove the following pain/consequence of the convictions: defamation of character. These innocent people should no longer be demonized.
We request the RPM be effected to acknowledge that the convictions should never have happened in the first place.
Read the full call for RPM and submission details here: Help Us Get a Royal Pardon for British ‘Witches’