Sacco and Vanzetti: The legacy and Injustice

Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were Italian immigrants who became anarchists later in life while working in their respective industries. The two meet in 1917 and participated in many anarchist actives, which included the bombings of political leaders and other important opposers. Historically, many Americans had negative views of both immigrants and anarchists so when the two were accused of severe crimes, the bias present in the jury and the judge must have had a heavily weight on their sentencing. The anarchists supported communism according to the economic theories of the German philosopher Karl Marx. His believes promoted a classless society were wealth was shared equally and so was the task of producing and labor. This system was believed to be only possible through the revolt of the working class. The two anarchists were accused of crimes in both the Bridgewater crime and S. Brainwater. The first of the two seemed to be the work of amateurs and was a failed attempted robbery. The S. Brainwater crime seemed to be the work of professionals and included the murders of two individuals handling the payroll. This crime did not fit the usual crimes of anarchists as they often were not looking for money and did not believe in killing innocent people. The crimes of anarchists were targeted towards government officials and moving their movement forward, but the jury did not take this into account. There was significantly more evidence pointing towards the pair's innocence including eye witnesses, sating that Sacco was not at the Brigewater crime and stating that Vanzetti was not at the S. Brainwater crime. There was a group of people that could conclude they were not at either crime and the evidence tying the who to the crime like the bullet shells and the hat at the scene were inconsistent to the two. Evidence in this case was heavily fabricated and much of it pointed towards innocence rather than guilt, but the prosecutor kept that from the jury. Two two were convicted of the crimes and were later executed, a very extreme charge in light of the fact that they were likely innocent. During the trails, there was even a confession from Celestino Madeiros that he and the Morelli gang had committed the crime and that the two were innocent. However, all attempts to appeal on the grounds of an unfair trial and the  new evidence were denied by the bias and unfit judge. Their deaths created a huge roar in the community and a large crowd gathered for their funeral. Sacco and Vanzetti left a legacy in terms of creating a world of equality for all, in each unfortunate events spurred on by hate and fear do not exist. Do we have any modern versions of this case? What in our society is similar to the idea of a lack of equality?