Sacco and Vanzetti Case

By klongoria

  • Sacco emigrates to America

  • Vanzetti emigrates to America

  • Sacco and Vanzetti meet

  • Crime

    "In South Braintree, Massachusetts, two men armed with handguns shoot and kill civilians and employees of the Slater & Morrill Shoe Company. The thieves rob the employees of the $15,776.51 payroll they were carrying."

  • Sacco and Vanzetti were indicted for murder

  • Trial begins

  • Verdict: Sacco and Vanzetti found guilty of murder in the first degree.

  • Celestino Medeiros, a convict, confesses to Sacco that he had been involved in the South Braintree hold up.

  • The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts upholds Sacco and Vanzetti's convictions; denies motion for new trial.

  • A motion is filed for a new trial based upon Medeiros' confession

  • Judge Thayer denies the Medeiros motion.

  • Sacco and Vanzetti killed by electrocution.