The Trial of Sacco & Venzetti

All evidence presented in the the trail of Sacco & Venzetti v. The State of Massachusett is questionable, to say the least. It appears as if no concrete evidence directly linking these two men to the crime is in existence. As murder is a particularly heinous crime, it would be injustice to prosecute these two men off of pure speculation.

The fact of the matter is, the case is weak.

Starting with eyewitnesses- none are reliable. Not only were there no eyewitnesses who can confirm they witnessed the crime and Sacco & Venzetti committing it, but few eyewitnesses could even identify Sacco or Venzetti at all. All so called "accounts" of sightings take place before or after the crime, and none of which can be verified exactly.

Additionally, all physical evidence is proving to be rather ambiguous as well. With the bullet recovered from the crime scene, experts have reported mixed reviews. Burns and Fitzgerald report that they are positive the bullet could not have been fired from Sacco's Colt. However, Amburg noted a stratch on the bullet which could be consistant with the defect in the rifling of Sacco's colt, connecting him to the crime. Unfortunately, no positive report has been given, which makes this a weak piece of evidence in an argument either for or against. It also makes this a weak piece of evidence to sentence a man to death for.

Furthermore, both the cap and the car are even weaker forms of evidence. You cannot link a man to a murder from a generic cap found at the scene of the crime, which the defendant may or may not have owned. As for the car, all speculation involved in deeming this "evidence" appears to be rather irrelevant and not compelling. Again, not a reason to charge a man of murder.

What seems to be most interesting is the ongoing case of Sacco & Vanzetti versus the police throughout the past couple of years. Ever since the raiding of Cronaca Sovversiva when the two men were found to be connected to the anarchist newspapers, officials have not let them out of their site. In a series of bombings and crimes following this connection, Sacco & Venzetti get hastily indicted on little evidence, as appears to be occurring right now.