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''' Nicola Sacco''' (April 22, 1891 – August 23, 1927) and '''Bartolomeo Vanzetti''' (June 11, 1888 – August 23, 1927) were [[Italian people|Italian]]-born [[anarchism|anarchists]] who were convicted of murdering a guard and a paymaster during the [[armed robbery]] of the Slater and Morrill Shoe Company in [[Braintree, Massachusetts|South Braintree]], [[Massachusetts]], United States, in 1920 and were [[Electrocution|electrocuted]] seven years later at [[Charlestown State Prison]]. Both adhered to a version of anarchism that combatted war, violence and oppressive governments.<ref name=LC>{{cite web|accessdate=July 16, 2013 |location=US |url=http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/18th/massachusetts.html |title=Eighteenth-Century American Newspapers in the Library of Congress: Massachusetts |publisher=Library of Congress }}</ref><ref name=LC2>{{cite web|url=http://www.loc.gov/loc/lcib/9517/sacco.html|title=Anarchy in the U.S. - Sacco and Vanzetti Subject of LC Lecture, September 18, 1995|publisher=Library of Congress Information Bulletin|location=US }}</ref>
After a few hours' deliberation, the jury found Sacco and Vanzetti guilty of first-degree [[murder]] on July 14, 1921. A series of appeals followed, funded largely by a private Sacco and Vanzetti Defense Committee. The appeals were based on recanted testimony, conflicting ballistics evidence, a prejudicial pre-trial statement by the jury foreman, and a confession by an alleged participant in the robbery. All appeals were denied by trial judge [[Webster Thayer]] and eventually by the Massachusetts State Supreme Court. By 1925, the case had drawn worldwide attention. As details of the trial and the men's suspected innocence became known, Sacco and Vanzetti became the center of one of the largest [[cause célèbre|causes célèbres]] in modern history. In 1927, protests on their behalf were held in every major city in North America and Europe, as well as in [[Tokyo]], [[Sydney]], [[São Paulo]], [[Rio de Janeiro]], [[Buenos Aires]], and [[Johannesburg]].<ref>Jornal Folha da Manhã, segunda-feira, 22 de agosto de 1927</ref>
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