Sacco Vs Vanzetti Case
... As a result they faced discrimination from both the government and the American people, the Sacco and Vanzetti case being one of the many examples in American history. ... Three weeks later, Italian immigrants and known anarchists, Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, were accused and arrested for the crime, after falling into a police trap that was not originally intended for them. They were charged with armed robbery and murder, and Vanzetti was also charged with an attempted robbery that had taken place in December of 1919, in the nearby town of Bridgewater. Although at the time of the arrest, the men were armed with guns, Sacco and Vanzetti had no criminal records. ... Sacco and Vanzetti were also known to be dedicated supporters of Luigi Galleanis Italian-language journal Cronaca Sovversiva, the most influential anarchist journal in America, feared by authorities for its militancy and its acceptance of revolutionary violence. ... Vanzetti was tried first in the summer of 1920 on the lesser of the two charges (the failed Bridgewater robbery) which broke the usual tradition of the Massachusetts court system. Despite a strong alibi supported by many wit nesses, Vanzetti was found guilty. ... Vanzettis case had also been seriously damaged when he, for fear of revealing his radical activities, did not take the stand in his own defense2. ... Moore, Sacco and Vanzettis lawyer knew they were being tried not for the suspicision of their involvement in the Braintree robbery, but for their political beliefs and knew he must prove to the jury that their arrest had been a bias result of their radical activites.