Facing the chair

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by
JOHN DOS PASSOS
Published by
SACCO-VANZETTI DEFENSE COMMITTEE
BOSTON, MASS.
1927
“AND I WILL SAY TO YOUR HONOR THAT A GOVERNMENT THAT HAS COME TO HONOR ITS OWN SECRETS MORE THAN THE LIVES OF ITS CITIZENS HAS BECOME A TYRANNY WHETHER YOU CALL IT A REPUBLIC, A MONARCHY OR ANYTHING ELSE.”
— from Atty. William G. Thompson’s argument before Judge Thayer, pleading for a new trial .
October 31, 1921
People of United States of America ,