Sacco–Vanzetti Case
Sacco–Vanzetti CaseThe controversial US legal case ( 1920 – 27 ) in which two Italian immigrants, Nicola Sacco and Bertolomeo Vanzetti , were found guilty of murder. Many have alleged that their conviction resulted from prejudice against them as immigrants, anarchists , and evaders of military service. Following the trial there were anti-US demonstrations in Rome, Lisbon, and Montevideo, and one in Paris, where a bomb killed 20 people. For six years efforts were made to obtain a retrial without success, although the judge was officially criticized for his conduct; the two men were electrocuted in August 1927 . The affair helped to mobilize opinion against the prevailing isolationism and conservatism of the post-war USA. Later evidence pointed to...
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