THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929
AMERICAN ECONOMY IN THE 1920S
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Question
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They were acquitted of their crimes.
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They were convicted and executed.
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They were convicted and imprisoned for life.
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They were convicted but freed due to an unfair trial.
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Detailed explanation-1: -After a few hours’ deliberation on July 14, 1921, the jury convicted Sacco and Vanzetti of first-degree murder and they were sentenced to death by the trial judge. Anti-Italianism, anti-immigrant, and anti-anarchist bias were suspected as having heavily influenced the verdict.
Detailed explanation-2: -Appellate rules in effect at the time denied the Supreme Judicial Court the authority to review the strength of the evidence presented at trial. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts executed Sacco and Vanzetti on August 23, 1927.
Detailed explanation-3: -Sacco and Vanzetti’s guilty verdict reflected the anti-immigrant and anti-radical attitude of American citizens, being sentenced to death only because they were anarchists & of the italian origin. Worldwide protests happened as a result.
Detailed explanation-4: -The main physical evidence connecting Sacco and Vanzetti to the crime was the guns in their possession when they were arrested. The prosecutors claimed that Vanzetti’s gun belonged to one of the victims and that Vanzetti had stolen it from him.