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Compare And Contrast Sacco And Vanzetti
Zonglin Li
Us History X
Sacco and Vanzetti
Many people around the world believed the execution of the two men was a miscarriage of justice. The two men Sacco and Vanzetti were guilty under unapproved evidence. It shows that the proof that the witnesses had were not true and that Sacco and Vanzetti couldn't have committed the murders. Many Americans were glad that Sacco and Vanzetti were dead. On the other hand, others were mad of their deaths. They marched around with signs saying, “American honor dies with Sacco and Vanzetti.” Sacco and Vanzetti were victims of a unfair trial just because of their background and beliefs.
Both of the men never had any criminal records before they were guilty but, when Sacco and Vanzetti went to Mexico to flee
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The murderers were said to be Italian, and the police matched them both to the description. Sacco and Vanzetti had gone to go and get a car but, it was said that the car was connected with the event of the murder. They were charged as murders, stealing money, unsuccessful murder, and hold-up.
Because of this people all over the world were mad at the court‘s decision. A quote from the Sacco and Vanzetti Trial was, “Protests and demonstrations were held in support of Sacco and Vanzetti, and appeals to spare their lives came from all over the world”, (The Sacco and Vanzetti Trial). People all over the world cared about Sacco and Vanzetti. But, during that time in America, most people were being mean, and dishonest and it made radicals and immigrants look like bad people.
There was no way Sacco and Vanzetti could have been proved guilty. People like Sacco and Vanzetti who were radicals or immigrants were called bad people and people could not trust them. People needed Jobs, but people did not want foreigners to take their jobs and also did not want them in their neighborhoods if they could not speak english. The hatred of foreigners grew as time went on. Because of all this, juror’s opinions of Sacco and Vanzetti were changed at the start of the trial. To them, it meant that they were both not good people and were probably guilty. Some witnesses were obviously lying because of propaganda and the information they read from newspapers and their information should not have been listened

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