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For Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters, they each had their own reasons for concealing evidence that could hurt Minnie Wright by being punished for  killing her husband.
Mrs. Hale knew Mrs. Wright as Minnie Foster, her childhood friend. This happy girl turned into an unhappy woman. Mrs. Hale regrets not spending  time with her friend, and has guilt over this. Maybe if Minnie  knew she had a friend that would stand by her, she would have reacted differently when the only thing that made her happy,  the bird,  was taken from her.
Mrs. Peters knew what it felt like to have something that she loved taken from her.  She empathized with Minnie's pain. She remembered what she wanted to do to a boy that killed her kitten. How could she condemn Minnie for what she did, when she wanted to do the same thing. Get revenge

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The decision of whether or not to conceal the evidence against Minnie is made by both Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters out of fear of breaking the law , guilt, and morals.

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Neither Mrs. Hale or Mrs. Peters went into Minnie's house to look for and to conceal any evidence that would convict Minnie of murder.  After the bird was found dead, Mrs Peters said, "the law has got to punish crime."  But after the women looked over the kitchen, they  began to feel Minnie's pain. They could relate to what she went through both mentally and emotionally for so many years, and it changed how they were thinking.

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Concealing evidence is never right, even if it is a woman that has gone through a tough life. Although she had a good reason to kill her husband, there is no reason enough to kill another. I understand why Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters protected Minnie by concealing evidence, but I don't agree with it