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The Sacco- Vanzetti Case

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The trial of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti for the Braintree, Massachusetts payroll robbery and murders is the politically charged murder case in the history of American law. Many people in America stated their beliefs that Sacco and Vanzetti were guilty of the 1921 South Braintree murders and robberies. The judge Webster Thayer of Worcester ruled, and he executed them in August 1927. The question still remains today whether they were guilty or not guilty of the murders and robberies. Everyone may have their own opinion of guilt or innocence in this case. In my opinion, Sacco and Vanzetti did not and they could not have committed the crimes for which they were put to death.
On April 15, 1920, on Pearl Street in South Braintree, Massachusetts, a paymaster named Parmenter and his guard, Berardelli, were shot to death in front of the Slater and Morrill and the Rice and Hutchins Shoe factories. These were the murders for which Sacco and Vanzetti were later ...

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