| Nearly more than half the town's children vanished, including every one of the accusers. |
| Over the years, she has become highly adept at deflecting personal criticism, smearing her accusers as misogynists who cannot bear the idea of a strong professional woman. |
| I was raised to take great pride in our justice system, the fact that people can face their accusers and walk away. |
| They are accused of the act, lectured to, and forced to acknowledge the moral superiority of the accusers. |
| The property of the condemned heretic, pretendedly to pay the expenses of the mock trial, was confiscated, most of it being given to the accusers and judges. |
| And this legal reality doubtless enabled accusers to continue with their predations. |
