Witches could be pardoned under plans to 'right the historic wrong of witchcraft convictions' proposed by the SNP.
"My Member's Bill will hopefully be the next step towards that and, if passed, it will make clear that the people convicted of witchcraft all those years ago should never have faced the injustice of being labelled as criminals.
"By issuing official pardons for all those convicted of witchcraft, we will be sending a strong message to the wide world - some parts of which, women still face prosecution for being accused of witchcraft - that Scotland recognises what happened to these people as a deplorable miscarriage of justice.
"It is also about influencing the gendered and patriarchal attitudes which, unfortunately, still exists in our society today - and making it clear that Scotland does not tolerate discrimination in any way."The Witches of Scotland campaign group said: "We are absolutely delighted to see Natalie Don's Bill reach this stage and are hopeful that this will bring about some posthumous justice to the thousands of people who were executed by the state during the witch hunts.
"This will also signal to other countries around the world where accusations of witchcraft are a very real and current issue that this is not acceptable in the modern day."
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