At the Wrong Place and at the Wrong Time
Several people believe that Sacco and Vanzetti were convicted because they were Italian immigrants who belonged to the anarchist group. The US government was strictly cracking down on these groups during the 1920s.
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Unfortunately, the judge to whom these two men had submitted appeals had been an open anarchist-hater. And the justice system wished two to use Sacco and Vanzetti as an example of what would happen to anarchists in the country.