Justice has been delayed too long for those in Connecticut who paid with their lives.
At long last, the Connecticut General Assembly is engaged in meaningful discussions regarding passing a measure that would acknowledge the wrongful execution of individuals, chiefly women, as witches in the 17th century.
The legislators have been pressured for years to do this by descendants of those executed and interested parties. Remarkably, some Republican senators have opposed the proposal on what could charitably be called technical grounds. The judicial murder of these individuals, however long ago, remains a substantial blot on the legacy of this state and it demands a measure of redress, however symbolic, by our political institutions.
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