Thousands, and yes.
Though to be fair I was exaggerating a tiny bit, it wasn't just murder, but murder or exile, the second of which usually resulted in the person dying anyways.
She's in trouble with this one.
From everything I've read this is less about a few crazy anti-vaxers and more about collective bargaining rights since Lightfoot didn't negoiate with the union for these new employment policies.
Na, the 1 in 1000 crazy has always existed, it's just now they have platforms to let people see that crazy instead of being relegated to yelling at people on street corners.
That's Exodus 22:18 not 22:17.
Also the thing about that is that "witch" is being used in the specific context of "person with supernatural power who has made a deal with the devil for said supernatural power".