TIL that during the salem witch trials, none of the people who actually confessed of being a witch were executed. All 19 who WERE executed of being a witch refused to confess.

https://historyofmassachusetts.org/what-options-did-an-accused-witch-have-in-salem/
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1g40110/til_that_during_the_salem_witch_trials_none_of/