综合英语4-配套教学-Unit 5 Text A-Sacco and Vanzetti.docxVIP

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SaccoandVanzetti

SaccoandVanzettiweredefendantsinacontroversialmurdertrialinMassachusetts,U.S.(1921-1927),thatresultedintheirexecutions.

ThetrialresultedfromthemurdersinSouthBraintree,?Massachusetts,onApril15,1920,ofF.A.Parmenter,paymasterofashoefactory,andAlessandroBerardelli,theguardaccompanyinghim,inordertosecurethepayrollthattheywerecarrying.OnMay5,Sacco?and?Vanzetti,twoItaliananarchistswhohadimmigratedtotheUnitedStatesin1908,oneashoemakerandtheotherafishpeddler,werearrestedforthecrime.OnMay3