IntroductionFrom 1692 to 1693 in Boston, Massachusetts, many people were accused of practicing witchcraft. In this year nearly 200 people were accused of practicing “devil magic” and were put on trial with the possibility of a final verdict of life or death. This dark magic was commonly associated with random explosions, screams, and certain postures that were foreign to those around them, and other things that people found out of the norm and unnatural. During this time people lived a puritanical lifestyle, the devil was made very real, and this conservative and rigid lifestyle gave way to a strong belief in the devil. A total of nineteen people were hanged during the Salem witch trials due to their conformance with the devil. devil and their practice of witchcraft.” June 10; Bidget Bishop, 19 July; Rebecca Nurse, Sarah Good, Susannah Martin, Elizabeth Howe, Sarah Wildes, August 19; George Burroughs, Martha Carrier, John Willard, George Jacobs, Sr, John Proctor, September 22; Martha Corey, Mary Eastey, Ann Pudeator, Alice Parker Wilmott Redd, Margaret Scott, Samuel Wardwell. The accused in Salem, Boston, Massachusetts were believed to have been seduced by the devil's magic. The accused, regardless of whether they were guilty or not, were brought to court and subjected to legal process. The court held each person equally responsible, guilty until proven innocent. Each person was taken to prison, then subjected to a series of questions by the magistrate to determine their comparison with the devil and the many things the devil influenced. In today's governing society the same trial is given to those accused of a crime, then the evidence goes before a grand jury, which decides if there is... middle of paper... the city of its evil , that is, the guilty, those who disturb the peace of our society, but in doing so have not protected the innocent. During the Salem witch trials there were three things that were vital on the path to finding a witch or wizard: "confession, testimony of two eyewitnesses of witch acts, and ghostly evidence." The trial in which people are on trial today is based on five pieces of evidence; faulty eyewitness identification, false confessions, prison informant testimony, perjury, prosecutorial misconduct. The Salem witch trials had faith in this system believing that all that was needed to find the culprit was just this evidence. Today's society and citizens have the same confidence in the justice system that it will protect. The US system aims to protect the innocent and imprison the guilty,