Postmortem: New Evidence in the Case of Sacco and Vanzetti

by William Lewis Young, David E. Kaiser, David E. Kaiser, et al.

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 087023479X
• ISBN13: 9780870234798
• Release Date: September 1985
• Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher