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Innocence Of Sacco And Vanzetti

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The innocence of Sacco-Vanzetti Sacco And Vanzetti were accused of a murder they did not take part in. Sacco and Vanzetti were both Italian Immigrants. They both were charged with the murder of 2 paymasters. The jury and the judge were both against Sacco-Vanzetti because the victims were described as 2 italian immigrants that’s what made the case more sad. What made it more sadder, they were both put to death Sacco was an italian immigrant and also a shoe worker in America at the time. He was found guilty in a Massachusetts murder case. Vanzetti was also found guilty in the Massachusetts murder case with Sacco. Vanzetti was an fish peddler in America. On April 15th, 1920. A paymaster and his guard were killed by 2 men armed with pistols.(1) Those 2 men then stole over $15,000, and hopped in a car and drove of in a high-speed chase. The car was found later 2 days abandoned in the woods.(3) Both Sacco-Vanzetti were under investigation because of the series of crimes they were both involved …show more content…

Sacco-Vanzetti became the main attention towards the world because of their innocence.(2) Sacco-Vanzetti also gained popularity worldwide which provoked their execution.Worldwide attention this case was started not only by the blame that innocent men had been executed for their crazy beliefs and family oriented origins but also as part of a reaction from the world to U.S. World War I. (2) The case caused our nation to disbelieve what was right and what was wrong. 2 men were put to death and they were not the killers. While the people of the court were accusing Sacco-Vanzetti which led to their death, the real killers were still on the loose and got away free. They were treated very

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