S a c c o -‐ V a n z e t t i c a s e . April 15,1920, a paymaster and his guard were carrying a factory payroll of $15,776 through the main street of South Braintree, Massachusetts. Two men standing by a fence suddenly pulled out guns and fired on them. The gunmen snatched up the cash boxes dropped by the mortally wounded pair and jumped into a waiting automobile. No suspects were arrested that day. Despite not being caught that day, police did not give up. The police force set up a trap for local crime goers. Unluckily, Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti fell for it. The Sacco – Vanzetti trial is one of our decade’s most controversial case. A case based on no hard information. It was very clear that the court was biased against the two Italians. Being portrayed as evil monsters because of their reputation as anarchist militants. Neither of these two men had any crime record prior to this case. This was a very moving case to most of the American people. A case showing a lot of wrong and injustice from the American system. The execution date of the two men was August 23 1927.Two innocent men lost their lifes that day, basically for being foreign and having different political views.
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