In Search Of Sacco And Vanzetti By Susan Tejanda

Paragraph #3 In the book “In Search of Sacco and Vanzetti”, Susan Tejanda uses hundreds of sources trying to prove or disprove the innocence of both Sacco and Vanzetti in a robbery that involves murder at the Slater and Morrill shoe factory. Tejanda explains in great detail what happened in the court case involving Sacco and Vanzetti. Tejanda explains all of the evidence and stories that were used in court to pin this crime to Sacco and Vanzetti. She greatly explains both sides' arguments in the case with many different sources. Tejanda ends up explaining that in the end, Sacco and Vanzetti were executed for the crime that they presumably committed. Not only did Tejanda explain the evidence that was used in court, she also explained a surplus of other sources of evidence that were never looked at while deciding the fate of Sacco and Vanzetti. With the addition of outside sources that were not previously mentioned or looked at, this allowed Tejanda to reopen the question asking if Sacco and Vanzetti were actually the

Tejada does a fantastic job at telling the story of both Sacco and Vanzetti and their accusations. While still telling and explaining what actually happened in the court cases, Tejanda also goes into details on different stories and experiences that people claimed to happen that might not have been used in court. While both Sacco and Vanzetti were executed for the presumed murder and robbery at the Slater and Morrill shoe factory, there still to this day isn’t clear evidence proving that they actually did or did not commit this crime. Tejanda uses a plethora of sources throughout the book and accurately documents all of the sources that she gets them from to try to inform the reader about the most that is known about this case, showing all the readers that no matter how much evidence there is, there can still be age-old