Letter, 1927 Aug. 12 | WorldCat.org (original) (raw)

Summary:In his letter, Vanzetti continues to protest his and Sacco's innocence. He initially approaches the court verdict from a philosophical viewpoint, stating repeatedly that a truth cannot be made untrue. Vanzetti also accuses his attorney, John Vahey, of having betrayed him, claims that witnesses for the prosecution contradicted themselves, and accuses Judge Webster Thayer of giving him "the most severe and cruel sentence that I knew for such offence as the one of which I was framed."