Sacco-Vanzetti Case

Sacco-Vanzetti Case Editorial: Immigrant Executions I have witnessed the horrid injustices that occurred in the Dedham courtroom where two Italian immigrants suffered grave humiliations via Judge Webster Thayer. Not only did the judge incredibly downgrade the accused, the jury and relatively the entire courtroom, minus the Italian witnesses, were bias and had their minds made up before the case even started. Attracting worldwide attention, the unjust court case carried on for SEVEN years with many …

…accordance with the recommendation of the committee, he would sustain the death sentences. Several stays of execution followed, but on August 23, 1927, Sacco and Vanzetti were electrocuted. The way and conditions that these immigrants died is a shame and a blemish on our country's history. To know that our wonderful country would sentence, under any circumstances, two men that were not proven to be the slightest bit guilty. Our country should do away with ALL executions.