News out of India that a 63-year old woman was killed for witchcraft.
In the twenty-first century.
A related post here about other recent witchcraft cases around the world.
For how in the West the battle against legal superstition and primitive [in]justice was won, see the PowerPoint files my course on Modern Intellectual History, especially in this context Lecture Four on Justice and Modernizing the Law.
On a semi-lighter note: the last two witches killed in England both had the last name Hicks. Maybe there’s a family legacy I need to tap into.
“…the last two witches killed in England both had the last name Hicks.”
Ahhhh, that’s why you take the side against religion in the debate with Wright. 🙂
Yes, that must be it, Bret. : )