Trial Relfection

In the trial I was a witness for the prosecution. I would say I was prepared. I knew all of my parts, the story behind my character, his relationship with the defendant, and everything else. I remained in my role but did not wear a costume. We only had one week to get them so it didn't happen.
The issues behind the case were the suspicions of people using witchcraft in Salem. The Puritans believed in predestination. This mean once you are born, you are predestined for either heaven or ell. The Puritans looked for hints to one's predestination. So, when Puritans saw strange behavior, they immediately started to think it was the work of the devil or other evil. So, this led to a huge scare and things got out of hand.
In our trial, the jury decided George Burroughs was not guilty. This is sensible because the evidence provided in the case was not even close to being valid. The assumptions made and the stories told were ridiculous. Still though, back then these stories weren't as ridiculous as they seem to us now. This is one of the reasons George Burroughs was executed in the real trial. Like our mock trial, he was accused of crimes by personal enemies who had grudges against him. After he was convicted, when he was about to be hanged, he successfully recited the prayer, which is supposedly something a witch could not do. However, he was hanged anyway because he was sentenced to it by a court of law.