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Sacco emigrates to America
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Vanzetti emigrates to America
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Sacco and Vanzetti meet
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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
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Trial begins
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Verdict: Sacco and Vanzetti found guilty of murder in the first degree.
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Celestino Medeiros, a convict, confesses to Sacco that he had been involved in the South Braintree hold up.
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The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts upholds Sacco and Vanzetti's convictions; denies motion for new trial.
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A motion is filed for a new trial based upon Medeiros' confession
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Judge Thayer denies the Medeiros motion.
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Sacco and Vanzetti killed by electrocution.