Sacco and Vanzetti (executed 1927)
- A
Were former Confederate sympathizers prosecuted for postwar insurrectionist plots
- B
Were peaceful labor protesters acquitted after a brief and uneventful jury trial
- C
Were Union generals court-martialed long after the Civil War for misconduct
- Dcheck_circle
Were Italian immigrant anarchists convicted of murder in a controversial trial widely seen as biased
Explanation
Symbol of nativist prejudice and political repression.