 Esmeralda passes out at the sight of Frollo, and when she comes to, she finds herself framed for murder, for a miscommunication makes the jury believe that Phoebus is in fact dead.Esmeralda proclaims her innocence, but when she is threatened with having her foot crushed in a vice, she confesses.The court sentences her to death for murder and witchcraft (the court has seen Djali's spelling trick), and she is locked away in a cell.