AN MSP and feminist campaigner have hit back at accusations pursuing a posthumous pardon for the Scottish women convicted of witchraft is a “waste of time”.
On Thursday, SNP MSP Natalie Don launched a consultation on a new Bill which would posthumously pardon the Scots women who were strangled or burned at the stake during the witch trials held between 1563 to 1736. Over 4000 people lost their lives, 85% of whom were women.
