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It was two Italian immigrants - Sacco and Vanzetti who were charged and found guilty of robbery despite a lack of evidence and sentenced to death. On the 15th of April 1920, two men - Allesandro Berdelli and Frederick Parmenter - were robbed and murdered while carrying a $15,776 payroll. Even though this kind of robbery was common, this case in particular drew a lot of attention as the suspects, Sacco and Vanzetti were known anarchists and were believed to have avoided military service and supported strikes, all of which was deemed disgraceful by Americans. It is questionable, however, whether the two accused received a fair trial as the judge was a conservative Republican, therefore was clearly against the two men because they were Italian immigrants and political activists. Furthermore, he had already convicted Vanzetti on a lesser crime of robbery unfairly as all of the witnesses were Italian immigrants and therefore could not defend Vanzetti as they were unable to speak English. It was well known that secretly, the judge was determined to convict and execute them, even on the unreliable, circumstantial evidence. The judge decided that they were guilty and sentenced them to death by electric chair, and despite 7 years of appealing, and support from many influential people for a review of the case to prove their innocence, they died in 1927. Shockingly this was stated later,"Did you see what I did to those two anarchist bastards the other day" To this day, there is still much speculation over their case and is still debatable whether they received a fair trial. We now know that there were many issues surrounding the case itself which were probably the main reasons for their unfair convictions: · As they were Italian immigrants, they were victims of severe racial discrimination which would explain why they were denied the rights to which they were entitled. · They also received a lot of hostility from Americans due to their political views, as anarchists, they were viewed as a threat to the American Constitution. ·The evidence is believed to have been purely circumstantial and that vital pieces were simply disregarded. The case of Sacco and Vanzetti was highly significant in showing how American society treated its immigrants. It helps to prove how many Americans were unfairly racist and prejudice against many of the immigrants due to fear of their political status and other ways in which they could affect American society itself.
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