The Case Of Nicola Sacco And Bartolomeo Vanzetti

Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were two Italian men who were accused of a murder and robbery. In South Braintree, Massachusetts, there was a shoe company but it's paymaster, who was delivering money, was robbed by two Italian men. On April 15, 1920 two men shot a gun and killed the paymaster of the shoe company and his guard, Alessandro Berardelli (Britannica.com). The murders were illustrated as two Italian men who killed the paymaster and his guard in South Braintree, Massachusetts, and stole over $15,000. Sacco and Vanzetti were possibly in the wrong place at the wrong time because when they went to go get their car in Brockton, Massachusetts, they were arrested for being associated with the crime. They were convicted of the crime

More and more people began to see that Sacco and Vanzetti were incident during the sex years on death row. During those six years they sent out letters that convinced some of the public that they were innocent (Time.com). Especially since both Sacco and Vanzetti did not have a criminal record. This trial lasted about seven years and on April 9, 1927, Sacco and Vanzetti were sentenced to death( Britannica.com). On the last court date, April 9th, Bartolomeo made his last statement, “Yes. What I say is that I am innocent,” (Vanzetti, Bartolomeo). Sacco and Vanzetti fought against the court proving their innocence for seven years, but Judge Webster Thayer did not look to support their case and had been so against them from the start because they were immigrants. He had been so against them because of the Red Scare era that had been going (U-S- History).Vanzetti makes it known in his last statement that the Judge was always against them, “We have proved that there could not have been another Judge on the face of the earth more prejudiced and more cruel than you have been against us.” (Vanzetti, Bartolomeo). The Judge believed they were guilty because they were anarchist who were against the United