Final answer:
Sarah Good, not Osburn, was hanged during the Salem Witch Trials due to accusations of witchcraft fueled by mass hysteria. Sarah Osburn died in jail.
Step-by-step explanation:
The question refers to the events of the Salem Witch Trials, which took place in the late 17th century.
Sarah Good and Sarah Osburn were two of the first women accused of witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts. However, there is a confusion in the student's question as both Sarah Good and Sarah Osburn were accused,
but it was Sarah Good who was hanged and Sarah Osburn died in jail before a verdict was reached on her case.
During the trials, non-conformity to Puritan society, like the beggar status of Sarah Good and Osborne's irregular church attendance, led to suspicions and eventually their identification as witchcraft practitioners by the accusers.
Mass adolescent hysteria fueled the accusations, and a special court heard these cases with the afflicted girls as main witnesses.
The hysteria led to tragic outcomes as accusations escalated and more people got entangled in the frenzy.
By the summer of 1693, when the hysteria had finally subsided, many people had been affected, and nineteen had been executed, including fourteen women who were hanged and one man who was pressed to death.