The Sacco-Vanzetti was a lawsuit that tried two Italians who were convicted of robbery and murder at the South Braintree, Massachusetts. Issues and controversies surrounded the Sacco-Vanzetti case, most of which supports the two Italians and accuses the political condition during that time.

             It was during the Post World War I that the Sacco-Vanzetti case happened and during that time crimes are not uncommon. However, it was also during the Post World War I when the political condition of America was unstable. Non-supporters of the government, such as the political critics and anarchists, were confronted by the law and were similarly jailed. It had been a controversy saying that Sacco and Vanzetti, being known as anarchists and were always involved in labor strikes and movements that expose social problems caused by the government at that time, were convicted of a crime that they did not commit due to political reasons. As indicated in an article written by Robert d'Attilio, .

             On the night of their arrest, authorities found in Sacco's pocket a draft of a handbill for an anarchist meeting that featured Vanzetti as the main speaker. In this treacherous atmosphere, when initial questioning by the police focused on their radical activities and not on the specifics of the Braintree crime, the two men lied in response. These falsehoods created a "consciousness of guilt" in the minds of the authorities, but the implications of that phrase soon became a central issue in the Sacco-Vanzetti case: Did the lies of the two men signify criminal involvement in the Braintree murder and robbery, as the authorities claimed, or did they signify an understandable attempt to conceal their radicalism and protect their friends during a time of national hysteria concerning foreign-born radicals, as their supporters were to claim?.

             The Impact of Different Elements on the Recording and Interpretation of the Sacco-Vanzetti Trial.