Examples Of Evidence In The Crucible

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Whenever someone accused of a crime goes to court they need evidence to prove if they're innocent or guilty. This occurs in The Crucible and with Good Night and Good Luck. Whenever someone is accused, there were different ways determining if they were guilty. In The Crucible, spectral evidence was used to convict witches. The only source of evidence they had was the claims of the girls. They had nothing else to convict the witches which ended poorly for everyone. 20 men and women were executed during the Salem Witch Trials. When a convicted witch was in court, the girls would wait and see if their spirits called out to them or made them feel ill. "Why do you come, yellow bird?" (Miller 114) When Abigail is at court, she cries out that a bird