In the state of Connecticut, 12 people, 10 of them women, were convicted of witchcraft over 370 years ago. Only one of them was pardoned, while the rest were hanged. Some sentences from which they have now been acquitted.

Some of their descendants recently learned from genealogical tests that they were related to the accused witches. Since then, they have lobbied the Connecticut Senate to they will clear their names and that of their families.

With 33 votes in favor and one against, the Upper House recognizes that these sentences were a judicial error and not witchcraft.

This decision, which comes on the eve of the 376th anniversary of the first hanging of witches in United States.

Supporters of the resolution say it is important raise public awareness about the witch trials in Connecticut, which occurred decades before the well-known Salem trials in Massachusetts.