Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, two Italian anarchists convicted and sentenced to death in an unjust trial in the USA, picture taken 1923
Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, two Italian anarchists convicted and sentenced to death in an unjust trial in the USA, picture taken 1923
Regardless of their innocence or guilt, the trial is widely regarded as farcical and unjust, even at the time.
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Very interesting story. Even though the ballistics test proved their guilt decades later the trial was a sham and they should have been acquitted. Amazing how a fascist even came to their defense.
So much of forensics is cargo-cult "science" that starts with a conclusion and works backwards to prove it. Furthermore, the analysis is frequently subjective and without a control.
Here is an article on ballistics testing in particular that highlights some criticisms.
It’s hard to get worked up about an unjust conviction of someone who actually was the killer.
But these were two guys fighting against the robber barons and the rise of capitalism as we know it today. Yeah, a couple other working class people died as a result, but it’s hard to see it as cut and dry as all that. How many people have died of capitalism. The body counts are way, way out of balance.
He got what he deserved but the court case was a fiasco. I'd rather it be an honest justice.
Still doesn't justify a death penalty
Yeah but in normal, criminal trial, nothing justifies the death penality