Exam 4

Question 1

Sacco & Vanzetti case

Answer 1

2 people were killed, Italian anarchists were suspected, first use of comparison microscope to compare bullets at crime scene to test fired bullets from the Italian, a lot of social tension due to feelings against Italian immigrants at the time, ultimately found guilty and put to death

Question 2

Curley case

Answer 2

Curley was admitted to a hospital and diagnosed with a benign syndrome, but it was found he had high levels of thallium through atomic absorption spectrometry & hair analysis, his wife was found guilty of 1st degree murder to gain his life insurance policy