1927 Execution of Sacco and Vanzetti
90 years ago, on August 23, 1927, anarchist workers Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were executed in the electric chair in Boston, accused of killing a cashier and two security guards while robbing a shoe factory in South Braintree. On July 14, 1921, the jury, ignoring the weak evidence base of the prosecution and a number of testimonies that spoke in favor of the accused, ruled that Sacco and Vanzetti were guilty and sentenced them to death.