eventy-five years ago today Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, two Italian-born anarchists living in Boston, were executed for allegedly murdering two men during a 1920 bank robbery.

Sacco and Vanzetti, arrested in 1920, were convicted of killing two people in a robbery in Braintree, Mass., Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2017, marks the 90th anniversary of their executions in Boston.

Sacco and Vanzetti were executed for the murder and robbery of a shoe factory paymaster and his guard in South Braintree, Massachusetts, in 1920. However, their guilt remained a subject of intense ...

Focusing on Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti’s backgrounds, their flawed journey through the judicial system and the long shadow the case has thrown, Miller creates a taught linear narrative.

Monday, August 22, 1927 Sacco and Vanzetti were in the Death House in the State Prison at Charlestown. They fully understood that they were to die immediately after midnight. Mr. Ehrmann and I, having ...

Sacco & Vanzetti Are Dead! is a satirical retelling of the trial of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, two Italian immigrants caught in the web of prejudice and political persecution during ...

STAGE REVIEW There’s no defense for ‘Sacco & Vanzetti’s Divine Comedy’ By Don Aucoin Globe Staff,Updated June 30, 2025, 4:11 p.m.