Sacco and Vanzetti

Cultural  

1. Two anarchists (see anarchism), Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, who were convicted of a robbery and two murders in Massachusetts in the early 1920s and sentenced to death. Sacco and Vanzetti were born in Italy but had been living in the United States for years when they were tried. Several faulty procedures took place in the trial. Many people have thought that Sacco and Vanzetti were convicted because of their political views and not because of the evidence against them. Their supporters obtained several delays of their execution, but a special committee appointed by the governor of Massachusetts upheld the original jury's verdict, and they were put to death in 1927. Liberals and radicals all over the world were outraged by the execution.

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Example Sentences

He followed up with a series of investigative novels about the coal and oil industries and the Sacco and Vanzetti case, as well as militant tracts on religion, the newspaper industry, finance, and education.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 2, 2025

After all, Parker was arrested and fined while protesting the dubious murder case against Italian anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti.

From Washington Times • Jul. 18, 2020

They were both written in response to the 1921 guilty verdicts against and executions of the Italian immigrant anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti, which set off protests around the world.

From New York Times • Mar. 25, 2020

Politically, he identifies with historical anarchism, having dedicated pieces to the memories of Emma Goldman and Sacco and Vanzetti.

From The New Yorker • Feb. 25, 2019

In April, 1920, both these currents crossed the paths of Sacco and Vanzetti.

From Labor's Martyrs by Marcantonio, Vito