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Pressure group Witches of Scotland has mounted a campaign seeking official pardons for 2,500 victims of 16th and 17th century witch hunts.
Fear of 'the dark arts' led to Scotland's 1563 Witchcraft Act, which condemned to death anyone deemed a witch - the vast majority of these were women.
Tortured with sleep deprivation, their bodies were scoured for 'witches' marks' then "punctured" with fake pins, proving they didn't bleed.
The resulting sentence of strangulation followed by incineration foiled witches' supposed talent for returning from the dead.
Claire Mitchell QC leads Witches of Scotland.
There was a belief that if you didn't get rid of every part of a witch, that they might 'revenant', rev, coming from the French 'revenir', to return."
Those accused and condemned typically had limited means and lacked a fair defence.
Whereas men could withstand, you know, the devil's advances."
Beyond their demand that those with witchcraft convictions be pardoned, Witches of Scotland is calling for a formal apology and a national monument to acknowledge the victims' suffering and the state's culpability.
It's still sadly very, very relevant."
