Question

Judge Danforth says that despite his many years of legal experience he would be “confounded” (bewildered; unable to wrap his head around it) if he were a defense attorney for the accused in Salem. What is he saying about the charges of witchcraft and the fates of the accused?

Answer 1

Judge Danforth says that he would be "confounded" because the case is extremely argumentative and it is so open that it would be very difficult to defend each one of them as many have committed dishonest actions,

Step-by-step explanation:

The reasons behind this answer are that in the first place Judge Danforth analyzed the context and the situation to deduct that building a defense on them and their crimes would be very difficult because when a lawyer wants to defend a case he or she has to grab everything available do show the client is innocent. But in this case, all of them committed dishonest actions.