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Sacco and Vanzetti: Guilty After All? [5min]

Anarchists Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were a cause celebre of the 1920s, convicted of murder and executed after a trial many felt was a farce. Author Upton Sinclair wrote extensively about the case. Newly discovered letters reveal his suspicions that the men were guilty. Debbie Elliott gets the details from Sinclair biographer Tony Arthur.
Read entire article at NPR "All Things Considered"