U.K. facing movement to clear convictions of women executed for witchcraft

CBS News1 November 2026, 01:01 UTCUnited Kingdom

There is a movement underway in the United Kingdom that is seeking official pardons for the thousands of women who were executed for witchcraft centuries ago. Holly Williams has the story.

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