Two answers required. Fifty years after their execution, they were cleared in 1977 by then-Massachusetts governor Michael Dukakis.
Two answers required. Fifty years after their execution, they were cleared in 1977 by then-Massachusetts governor Michael Dukakis. They had been found guilty of killing a paymaster and guard at a shoe factory, but celebrities such as Dorothy Parker, H.G. Wells, and Upton Sinclair campaigned for a retrial. Many now consider them the victims of prejudice, their conviction based more upon their radical politics than evidence. For ten points, identify these two Italian anarchists.
Two answers required. Fifty years after their execution, they were cleared in 1977 by then-Massachusetts governor Michael Dukakis.
Nicola {Sacco} and Bartolomeo {Vanzetti}