Postmortem: New Evidence in the Case of Sacco and Vanzetti

Postmortem: New Evidence in the Case of Sacco and Vanzetti

Over six decades after the polemical Sacco and Vanzetti case, in which the two anarchist Italian immigrants were convicted of first-degree murder and executed by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Young and Kaiser revisit the case's evidence as well as the key actors who determined its outcome. The authors situate their meticulous reexamination of the court evidence and prosecuting and defense arguments within the long-standing dispute between political leftists and conservatives regarding the integrity of the conviction, edifying the left's accusations of anti-Italianism and anti-anarchism. Their analysis magnifies both the likelihood of contrived evidence and the fallibility of our criminal justice system's impartiality, pointing to important questions concerning the nature of a fair trial and the influence of prejudice and politics in juridical processes. As such, Postmortem functions as a detailed introduction to the infamous 1921 Sacco and Vanzetti trial as well as a meditation on enduring dilemmas of the American judicial branch.

Country	USA
Author	William Young
Binding	Paperback
Brand	Brand: Univ of Massachusetts Pr
EAN	9780870234798
Edition	1st
Feature	Used Book in Good Condition
ISBN	087023479X
Label	University of Massachusetts Press
Manufacturer	University of Massachusetts Press
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	208
PublicationDate	1985-09-13
Publisher	University of Massachusetts Press
Studio	University of Massachusetts Press
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

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