Question

Write a essay based on the Sacco and Vanzetti case. Explain how this case inform our lives today (why is this case important today?) about immigration and the justice system.

Answer 1

The Sacco and Vanzetti case are regarded as a miscarriage of justice in American legal history. Nicola Sacco and Vanzetti, Italian immigrants and anarchists, were executed for murder by the state of Massachusetts in 1927 on the basis of doubtful ballistics evil evidence.

countless observers throughout the world, Sacco and Vanzetti were convicted because of their political beliefs and ethnic background police suspected anarchists, in part because anarchists at the time were engaged in a number of bombings and robberies.

On May 5, 1920, Sacco and Vanzetti were either hiding Italian anarchist literature, including a bomb manual, or moving dynamite. Both men were carrying pistols and ammunition when arrested, and during their interrogation—initially about their radical activities, not the payroll robbery and murders—they told lies and gave contradictory statements to the police.

The authorities concluded that the behaviour of Sacco and Vanzetti meant that the men were guilty of something—presumably the payroll murders.

victims of a prejudiced legal system and a mishandled trial. Some writers have claimed that Sacco was guilty but that Vanzetti was innocent. Many historians believe, however, that the two men should have been granted a second trial in view of their trial’s significant defects.

On August 23, 1927, the state of Massachusetts used the electric chair to execute Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti for their alleged crimes.

• On the 50th anniversary of their deaths in 1977, the governor of Massachusetts, Michael S. Dukakis, issued a proclamation stating that Sacco and Vanzetti had not been treated justly and that no stigma should be associated with their names.

This case is important today because

• The immigrants from different parts of the world seen as suspect, so we have to change our mindset towards the immigrants
• Community involvement is key to helping immigrants feel welcomed and integrate successfully.

In the context of the justice system, this is still relevant because

• It always reminds you of what mistake was done in the past
• Surely give a fair chance of trying to convict
• We should not carry the prejudiced mind set up
• To avoid such a great mistake