The Murder of Two Innocent Men: Sacco and Vanzetti

I don't think that the murder of Cassetti/Ratchet is justified even though it seemed that he deserved it for kidnapping and killing Daisy Armstrong. I think he deserved to die, but not in the waythat it was carried out, with 12 people stabbing him to death. It should have been carried out through the courts. Even though Cassetti was aquittied based on a technicality, it still isn't right for them to murder him. As the Bible says “Thou shalt not kill”Exodus 20:13. Murder is murder and no one, no matter who it is or who is killed, should be able to escape it. The 12 conspirator's taking it upon themselves to kill him is wrong in the sense that he should have had a right to a fair trial. Which he did have a fair trial and got off on a technicality.

On the murder night of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman, was a massive outburst on the media. As stated (Turvey December 1995) both bodies were found at 12:10Am, June 13 1994 inside of Nicole’s house located at 875 South Bundy reported by witnesses seeing a river of blood. As we get closer to the murder care of both Nicole and Ron many unanswered question starts to pile up, from who could had possibly had done this to why they ever did this.

There was also the Italian Mafia. They were recognized by the "Black Hand." The "Black Hand" was a letter with a black hand print on it. The letter would simply ask for money. Every Italian knew that if you refused to pay, it would cost you your life. The only way to be immune to the terrifying "Black Hand" was to be a part of the Mafia.

“His testimony was responsible for the execution of some 35 persons, but, as the frenzy subsided, inconsistencies were discovered in his story.”

Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti “two obscure Italian aliens, became the focal point of one of the most controversial episodes in American history”;(ATF CH11p257) when they were arrested on May 5, 1920 for “suspicious character” and connection with the Slater Morrill Shoe Company robbery. Sacco and Vanzetti were arrested carrying hunting weapons and extra ammunition on the way to pick up Mike Boba’s car, which was believed to have connected them to robbery of the Slater Morrill Shoe Company that had occurred on April 15, 1920. Sacco and Vanzetti’s actions depicted “the kind of foreign menace American nativist most feared” (ATF chapter 11p 270), making them prime suspects for the robbery. However the lack of evidence that existed to convict Sacco and Vanzetti lead to the exposure of the fault lines that existed

Gabriele and Teresina Capone, along with their three sons, were two of the 43,000 Italians who arrived in the U.S. in 1894. After five years in the United States, a forth son joined the family as Teresina gave birth to the family's Alphonse Capone. Since their arrival, nothing "about the Capone family was inherently disturbed, violent, or dishonest... They were a law-abiding, unremarkable Italian-American family with conventional patterns of behavior and frustrations; they displayed no special genius for crime, or anything else, for that matter," (Bardsley 2000).

On April 15, 1920, the Slater and Morrill Shoe Company in Braintree, Massachusetts, fell victim to an armed robbery. According to Louis Stark’s article “Are Sacco and Vanzetti Really Guilty,” “...two men shot and killed a paymaster and his guard carrying $15,700”(Stark 1). According to witnesses these men were middle-aged Italian immigrants and possessed 32-caliber automatic handguns(1). As eye-witnesses were

Sacco would immigrate to the United States at the age of 17 and get a job at a shoe factory. He would also get married and start a family with his wife Rosina Sacco. Bartolomeo Vanzetti was born in the italian town of Villaffalletto on June 11th, 1988. He immigrated to the United States at the age of 20 and would get a job as a fish peddler. Together these two men would become part of the United States history. Sacco and Vanzetti (R-L)

A notable incident of scapegoating from the U.S. is the Sacco and Vanzetti trials in the 1920s. In 1920, two men were killed in Boston and the suspects were described as Italian men. Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, both Italian anarchists, were accused of the murders and sentenced to death. Although there was little evidence against these two men, during the time period there was a stigma surrounding Italians in Boston, and also a negative view of anarchists. Soon before the men were to be killed, another man and his gang confessed to the killings, however, the judge dismissed these confessions and kept the verdict. This case drew worldwide recognition and sparked protests throughout cities across the world. The two men were eventually killed on August 23, 1927. However, before the killing, Vanzetti spoke to the judge of the trial, and the speech was later published into a short story titled, “This is Our Triumph.” Vanzetti spoke, “We have proved that there could not have been another judge on the face of this earth more prejudiced and more cruel than you(the presiding judge) have been against us… Before you see us you already know that we were radicals, that we were underdogs, that we were the enemy of this institution” (Landau). This court decision scapegoated Sacco and Vanzetti because they were easy targets and people disliked their political views. However, Vanzetti revealed the flaws in the system, saying that he was targeted because he had radical views and even before the evidence was shown, he was an underdog. After Vanzetti gave this speech people began to realize he was completely innocent, but the city of Boston used him as a scapegoat for the murders because he was easy to blame. This reveals the flaws, both in the criminal justice system and the prejudice many societies have against a group of

Police questioned Amanda and Rafaela several times over the next several days and on November 6, authorities arrested Amanda and Rafaela taking them to are the police station where police held Knox for five days. During the time at the station, police observed Knox doing some very bizarre activities. For example, at one point, authorities allowed Knox to sit on Sollecito’s lap and authorities observe him kissing and hugging on her. In her memoir, Knox claims this behavior was not odd, but just Soilecito’s way of trying to calm her down. At another point, seated across the table from each other Rafaela and Amanda are making faces at each other. Amanda insists that these behaviors were not odd, because she had

Immigrants were seen in a negative light as they were stealing their jobs and not favored by native born Americans. This case was dragged out for seven years with political battles, protests, and more until finally a sentenced was made. Sacco and Vanzetti were proclaimed guilty of the crime and were to be executed. When the execution happened it was noted that Vanzetti stated, “I wish to forgive some people for what they are now doing to me.” This chapter does not claim that they were necessarily guilty but ignores the possibility of their innocence.

Throughout the trials, the townspeople’s opinions began to get in the way of making accused people’s statements valid. Some accused confessed to save themselves (Hansen, 1969). Others gave their lives to save the innocent people accused of such a treacherous crime. Giles Corey, one of the people whose wife was accused, was pressed to death using stones because he would not tell the court anything to send his wife to death.

They found out where the razor came from and the brother Andrew Maggio had owned his own barber shop and he was their first suspect. They asked employee Esteban Torres that Maggio had taken the razor home two days prior to their murder (Axeman). They were questioning Andrew to see if he herd anything but all that he herd was groaning noises and nothing else due to his intoxicated state. He became the polices prime suspect but they had to eventually had to let him go due to them not getting enough information

At the beginning of the century, Americans were disappointed with the outcome of the European war. This resulted them to go against all things foreign, which included racial political ideas and immigrants. The country had to face many decisions made by communists, which created the Red Scare. The Red Scare was a spread of the fear of communism. One of the most important cases involving the Red Scare was the Sacco and Vanzetti case. Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, who were Italian, atheists, conscientious objectors, and radicals, were both accused of the murder of a paymaster and his guard at South Braintree, Massachusetts. They were both holding revolvers and told lies to the judge and court, but the flaws in evidence proved they were not guilty. “Many critics believed that the accused had been found guilty of radicalism rather than murder- that they were martyrs in the ‘class struggle’” (Race and Ethnicity Packet). Their conviction illustrated the unfairness of the trial based on the beliefs and race. The American jury and judge for the trial was

In this poem, ‘The Man He Killed’, the poet Thomas Hardy explores a complex theme, which is war, using the simplest language. Throughout this essay I will be discussing the thoughts and opinions Hardy has on war.