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Who had the power to accuse and convict people of witchcraft in Salem?

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Chief instigators included twelve-year-old ringleaders Ann Putnam, Elisabeth Hubbard, Mary Walcott, Mary Warren, Elisabeth Proctor, Mercy Lewis, Susan Sheldon, and Elizabeth Booth. Encouraged by their elders and joined by some peers, the girls began accusing anyone they disliked or feared of being witches.

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