a few weeks later, to italian and arcus test and arcus nicola sacco and bartolomeo vanzetti were arrested for the crime. they were armed and lied about their whereabouts of the murder. their trial took place over six weeks in 1921 and represented by a communist offensive lawyer but their biggest advocate was a woman that was active in boston's social causes. mrs. evans and mr. frankfurter pestered her husband felix about what she thought about the case. in 1920, felix frankfurter was teaching at harvard law school and frankfurter and one of his colleagues chafee representing about 20 immigrants who were rounded up and rescheduled for deportation. they investigated the department of justice's conduct during the roundup of these medical immigrants and found all of this unconstitutional behavior, not only by the justice department but also by the bureau of investigation. they saved 16 of the 20 immigrants from deportation. about the sacco-vanzetti case, felix frankfurter told his wife mary and elizabeth evans he had absolutely no opinion about the case. he had not read the records. in 1923,

. >> in the 1920s, nicola sacco and venzetti were tried, convicted and executed for robbery and murder in massachusetts despite the lack of supporting evidence. brad snyder discusses the controversy surrounding the case with introductions by ruth bader ginsburg. >> at 9:10 p.m. on august 3rd, sacco and venzetti were transferred to the death house. the governor declared that sacco and venzetti had a fair trial. the boston press declared the case closed. >> at 8:00 on the presidency, historian george nash talks about her bert hoover's humanitarian efforts during world war i and ii. >> in the course of these exertions, hoover, working voluntarily and without pay became an international hero. the embodiment of a new force in global politics. american benevolence in the form of humanitarian aid programs. >> for complete american history tv schedule, go to c-span.org. >>> c-span's student cam documentary contest is in full swing. this year we're asking students to tell us what's the most important issue for the new president and the new congress to address in 2017. joining me is ashley lee.

nicola then zaidi, were charged with murder mess sits. they were found guilty despite lack of supporting evidence. snydernday, brad discusses the controversy surrounding the sacco-vanzetti case. here is a preview. >> frankfurter heard the news by phone. a lawyer called him and said and frankfurter replied, you know where the other justice is? no, the lawyer said. in chatham. home 3:30. you will be kind enough not to talk about this between us. lehman's can sometimes i appreciate. wife collapse and 9:00 p.m. in three hours, her husband was scheduled to be executed. 800 members of the state police force had assembled outside the prison, armed with machine guns and fire hoses. inside sacco and density sat inside their cells. finally, a very miffed governor of massachusetts granted sacco a stay of execution and gave them 10 days to exhaust their appeals. later that night, holmes releases one-paragraph opinion to the press. he said he lacked the power for a stay of execution. and there was a big difference theeen a lynch mob and prejudice in this case. "i said most differences are differences of a degree. i felt a line must be drawn between external force and prejud