Conclution

The legacy of Sacco and Vanzetti is still important today. To quote Bruce Watson, "according to a MA superior court judge if they did not get a fair trial, it does not matter whether they were innocent or guilty." This is mainly because they never got a fair trial. They were found guilty and were executed by electrocution. They were found guilty even before the trial began because they didn't have a full grasp of the English language and were Italian anarchists. At the time they were arrested, they were wielding guns and had anarchist literature. The case, however, inspired the Massachusetts legislature to adopt a new law. The law gave the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court the power to order a new trial not only if a verdict violated the law, but also if it went against the evidence presented at trial or if new evidence surfaced. Even though they didn't get a fair trial, in 1977 Governor Dukakis of Massachusetts issued a proclamation declaring that Sacco and Vanzetti were innocent.