Comparison Between Sacco And Bartolomeo Vanzetti

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There are many instances where an individual or group was killed purposefully because of their beliefs. In the 1920s, Ferdinando Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were falsely accused of crime and eventually executed. There has been much debate over whether or not the crime was discriminatory, based on spurious evidence. Sacco and Vanzetti were killed because they were Italian immigrants and were anarchists. The Sacco and Vanzetti case had a revolutionary impact on society because of major acts of injustice and misconception.
Ferdinando Nicola Sacco was born in Torremaggiore, Italy on 22nd April, 1891. At the age of seventeen, he emigrated to the United States. Bartolomeo Vanzetti was born in Villafalletto, Italy on 11th June, 1888. At the …show more content…

“At 3:00 P.M. on April 15, 1920, F.A. Parmenter, a shoe factory paymaster, and guard, Alessandro Berardelli, were murdered” (“Sacco and Vanzetti Case”). “[Both] were carrying $15,776 of factory payroll through the main street of South Braintree, Massachusetts” (D’Attilio). The criminals were not caught at the scene, so police set up traps in order to catch them. On May 5, 1920, Sacco and Vanzetti were caught in this police trap and were accused of committing the Braintree crime based on little evidence and few witness approvals (D’Attilio). “[Sacco and Vanzetti] were indicted on September 24, 1920 and put to trial on May 31, 1921 at Dedham Norfolk County” (“The Case of Sacco and Vanzetti”). The trial would decide whether or not Sacco and Vanzetti were guilty for committing the crime.
Witnesses came to aid Sacco and Vanzetti’s case. “Although 61 witnesses said they had seen them [at the scene of the crime], the defense had 107 witnesses alleging that they had seen them somewhere else when the crime was committed” (“Who Were Sacco and Vanzetti”). Sacco and Vanzetti’s witnesses were Italian and spoke English imperfectly, so their testimony, the majority in translation, didn’t convince the American jury. Although the number of supportive witnesses out-numbered those who blame them for committing the crime, the jury still wasn’t

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