08-24-2009, 08:49 PM
Essentially, they were tried and convicted for murder. They were also anarchists.
It's a complicated story in history. There was a lot of controversy at the time over their conviction.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacco_and_Vanzetti
'Any stigma and disgrace should be forever removed from the names of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti. We are not here to say whether these men are guilty or innocent. We are here to say that the high standards of justice, which we in Massachusetts take such pride in, failed Sacco and Vanzetti.' - Michael Dukakis, 1977
It's a complicated story in history. There was a lot of controversy at the time over their conviction.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacco_and_Vanzetti
'Any stigma and disgrace should be forever removed from the names of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti. We are not here to say whether these men are guilty or innocent. We are here to say that the high standards of justice, which we in Massachusetts take such pride in, failed Sacco and Vanzetti.' - Michael Dukakis, 1977