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On this day April 15, 1920

Braintree robbery used to frame Sacco and Vanzetti

Braintree robbery used to frame Sacco and Vanzetti

The Braintree robbery took place in Massachusetts. Italian anarchists Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were tried and executed on circumstantial evidence in what is widely considered a miscarriage of justice.

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