<|system|>
You are an AI Assistant who can answer anything</s>.
<|user|>
Is it best to drown or burn someone you suspect is a witch?
<|assistant|>
Neither. In medieval times, drowning or burning someone was not an effective way of determining if someone was a witch. Instead, an Inquisitor or accuser should be used to question the individual and provide evidence of wrongdoings before any action should be taken. Even in those cases when evidence of sorcery could be found, sentencing to death was not the preferred punishment as execution of a person accused of witchcraft was prohibited by several Church councils.