Title: The trial of sacco and vanzett Category:History Details: Words: 1668 | Pages: 7.1 (approximately 235 words/page)
The trial of sacco and vanzett
Tainted Justice: The Trial of Sacco and Vanzetti
Beneath the surface of economic prosperity and social liberation, America in the 1920's was a place of great fear, distrust, and prejudice. The Russian Revolution of 1917 had heightened anxieties about global Socialist movements, and any political ideology which strayed from good old-fashioned white-Protestant patriotism was met with suspicion and often hostility. This "Red Scare" resulted in violations of the civil rights of many immigrants and other individuals in an attempt to protect American democracy against the cancer …showed first 85 words of 1668 total…
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…showed last 85 words of 1668 total…the battle between American traditions and Anarchy. The conviction showed how society’s bias could sway the American judicial system to make a judgment on personal beliefs rather than on the facts presented. The trial remains heavily debated and fuels the interests of lawmakers young and old because the hostility towards immigrants in the 1920’s could not render a fair trial. Tragically, the answers to this complex case evaporated as the switch of the electric chair moved downward ending the lives of Sacco and Vanzetti.
