⚖️ Episode 16: The Hanging of Mary Dyer (1660)

In this episode of The Glitched Gavel, we travel to the Massachusetts Bay Colony to witness the ultimate standoff between a woman of conscience and a legal system designed to enforce spiritual uniformity through the noose.

• The Relentless Witness: Mary Dyer was once a respected Puritan in Boston, but her journey toward the "Inner Light" of Quakerism turned her into the colony’s most dangerous dissenter. After being banished multiple times for her faith, Dyer repeatedly returned to Boston, not to cause chaos, but to challenge the very legality of her exclusion.
• The Law of Banishment: The trial of Mary Dyer was centered on the "Banishment on Pain of Death" statute—a draconian law enacted by the Puritan authorities to keep the Quaker "co ...