Why were the executions of Sacco and Venzetti controversial?

Answer 1

they were convicted of murder without hard evidence

Answer 2

Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were Italian-born anarchists who were convicted of murdering two men during the armed robbery of a shoe factory in South Braintree, Massachusetts in 1920. There are a lot of people who think they may have been wrongfully convicted. There is no study on that though.

Answer 3

Many believed the two Italians did not receive a fair trial because of the anti-immigrant and anti-radical ideals of the era.

Answer 4

They were foreign (Italian) and they were anarchists. America was experiencing a fair amount of xenophobia at the time, and Sacco and Vanzetti were used to illustrate this.

Answer 5

Because the evidence against them convinced the jury of their guilt.

Although many people still have different opinions on whether they were guilty or not.

The question is moot!

Answer 6

all of the above - apex