1920 - Massachusetts: two Italian immigrants were charged with armed robbery and payroll murder, but they were put on trial for their radical political beliefs and dodging the draft. They were both sent to the electric chair. * thanks for taking an interest in a case of real significance. I urge you to read some of the following, they’re links that were particularly helpful during the research: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1927/03/the-case-of-sacco-and-vanzetti/306625/

https://time.com/4895701/sacco-vanzetti-90th-anniversary/.

https://www.writing.upenn.edu/~afilreis/88/sacvan.html

https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/08/sacco-vanzetti-palmer-raids-anarchism-repression

https://famous-trials.com/saccovanzetti/770-chronology

https://theconversation.com/massachusetts-executed-two-italian-immigrants-90-years-ago-why-the-global-fallout-still-matters-82416

https://libcom.org/history/1916-1927-the-execution-of-sacco-and-vanzetti

https://speakola.com/ideas/sacco-vanzetti-execution-courtroom-1927

https://www.thoughtco.com/sacco-vanzetti-4148194?print

https://apnews.com/a17cec743c734563bf91933ccd29c6ab/90-years-on,-legacy-of-Sacco-and-Vanzetti-executions-lingers

https://www.massmoments.org/moment-details/massachusetts-executes-sacco-and-vanzetti.html

https://solidarity-us.org/atc/190/p5062/

https://www.ushistory.org/us/47a.asp