They were both Italian immigrants who were accused then later convicted of the murder of Frederick Parmenter who was a paymaster and Alessandro Berardelli who was a security guard. They were killed when Sacco and Vanzitti robbed a shoe store in Massachusetts on the morning of April 5th, 1920. They stole $15,776 in total. They were both arrested on April 16th. They had their trials the next day and were both sentenced to death.
convicted of murder
Many believed they were convicted for being immigrants and radical anarchists rather than the crime.
Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were Italian immigrants that were accused of robbery and murder during the Red Scare of the 1920s.
Sacco-Vanzetti
the trial and execution of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti.
convicted of murder
They were charged of armed robbery and stealing over 1.7 million daolars yaa
Many believed they were convicted for being immigrants and radical anarchists rather than the crime.
Anarchists
Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were Italian immigrants that were accused of robbery and murder during the Red Scare of the 1920s.
Ferdinando Nicola Sacco
Their conviction was based on their politics and their ethnicity
Their conviction was based on their politics and their ethnicity.
the trial and execution of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti.
Their conviction was based on their politics and their ethnicity
they were italian immigrants who were accused of being anarchists and executed
Their conviction was based on their politics and their ethnicity