Monday, November 30, 2015

Sacco And Vanzetti's case

Sacco and Vanzetti were two Italian immigrant who were accused of murder in the 1920's. The men were proven guilty by the court and charged with death and then electrocuted by the electric chair. Today, people are not really sure if Sacco and Vanzetti were really guilty : 
Innocent
Guilty
  • The state police wasn’t 100% sure they were involved in the crime
  • professional robber would never kill someone in an open street
    • professional criminal would never rob in that way
  • Was making deliveries to italian customers and, witnesses supported that fact
  • Lies were told for fear of deportation
  • Vanzetti had a strong alibi, Sacco did not
  • the gun purchased by the paymaster was not a 32 caliber not a 38, and they carried a 38
  • the serial # on the guard’s gun did not match  
  • The prosecution lied about certain things
  • Sacco’s bullet 3 bullet was fired sometimes between in may-december in 1923
  • “we are innocent”
  • at no point in the trial was asked if the the murder violated the  anarchist beliefs
  • they were in another place during the murder
  • Other anarchists confessed that they committed the crime
  • Madiero provided new informations about the cars
  • Fuller said they were really guilty
  • Participated in anarchist bombing
  • “militant revolutionists”
  • immature robbery attempt
    • tried to robbed 35 million dollar
  • did not take the money
  • 2 unknown men shot 2 CEO’s carrying $15,000
    • police suspected anarchist involvement
  • police interrogated them about being anarchists:
    • they had to lie
    • they did not want to be deported: Anarchist code
  • Why did they go to the garage to get the car?
  • Vanzetti looked like the man who shot the man in the “immature robbery”
  • Vanzetti tried first for lesser offense
  • Webster thayer: strongly opposed to the case, and believe they  
  • vanzetti: Chose to not testify on his case
    • was found guilty of assault
    • 12-15 years of prison
      • it was a very harsh punishment
  • Bias Judge
  • Behavior of the defendant the night of the arrestment
    • consciousness of guilt
    • judges relied on this
    • a person who is innocent has nothing to hide, a person who is guilty, will not be frankes or truthful
  • eye witnesses saw him that afternoon by the tree
  • prosecution’s evidence
    • ballistic evidence
    • said that they shot the guard with their own gun
  • Sacco and Vanzetti take the stand
  • fled to Mexico in 1913
    • makes it seem unpatriotic
  • Being anarchists didn’t help
  • both men were convicted
  • lowell committee began drafting reports before they had gotten all the evidence
  • execution time was set at midnight

5 comments:

  1. Very interesting graph. It would have also been interesting to include if you believe they are innocent or guilty in a paragraph.

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  2. I thought it was very helpful that you put jot-dots along the events taken place in chronological order. I also I do agree that it would have been better if you had added your initial thought on whether Sacco and/or Vanzetti were guilty or not. The details along the jot-dots are very descriptive to visualize the case between Sacco and Vanzetti.

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  3. I like how you did bullet points rather than full sentences. You gave a brief summary and stated how many people now a days look back on this case but aren't sure whether Sacco or Vanzetti were really innocent or guilty. What was your initial thought about this case and what piece of evidence would you have used to back up your answer?

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  4. I think you have a lot of really good information included in your post. I especially like how you summarized the introduction to the topic before putting your bullet point notes under it. I agree with Tara that putting your personal stance would have been interesting to see.

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  5. Thank you for this post, it reminded me to re visit this worksheet in my studying. You also took down some great notes, and have oodles of information on the trial. Would you say they were innocent or guilty?

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