New Mexicans didn't burn witches at the stake or hang them, that just wasn't their style.
In New Mexico's largely unknown witch trials - from 1756 to 1766 - the accused were mostly thrown in jail, although some punishments were a bit harsher, said Rick Hendricks, co-author of a new book "The Witches of Abiquiu" from University of New Mexico Press.
Via the Anomalist.
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