OJ Simpson And Lizzie Borden

Lizzie Borden is a very known serial killer but not by killing plenty of people, but only killing her father and step­mother. Along with her time period, the late 1800’s, it was very unknown for women to be killers and were seen as the “weaker sex”, which is also one of the reasons why Mrs. Borden was so popular for this case. But how do you get away with a murder of your parents? Lizzie Borden was born on July 19th, 1860 in Fall River, Massachusetts. First born, Emma Borden, was very prepared at age of 6 to have a baby sister (Alice) and teach her how to love and would protect her from anything.

“Lizzie Borden took an axe and gave her mother forty whacks. When she saw what she had done, she gave her father forty-one.” The grisly murders of Andrew and Abby Durfee Gray Borden remain to be one of the most sensational double murders in American history, rivaling even the likes of the O.J. Simpson trials. The “Lizzie Borden took an axe” rhyme is supposed to chronicle the macabre accounts of the murders. However, the rhyme possesses several historical inaccuracies. Lizzie’s “mother” in this rhyme was actually Lizzie’s stepmother and was “only” struck nineteen times with a hatchet not with an axe. Lizzie’s father, Andrew, received about ten blows to the head ( ). Though the children's rhyme is not quite historically accurate the

Back then women were viewed as weaker and more fragile than a man. Most of the crimes committed even till this day has been men. Women were rarely deemed murderous back then. Also, the evidence that was not admitted to prove her guilt was probably because of the system being unfamiliar with a female murder especially one as brutal as to what Lizzie Borden had done. Fingerprint evidence was probably deemed unusable back then seeing it was considered a new concept to forensic science in this case. There was no familiarity with fingerprinting or any evidence involving identifying blood on clothing instead of the regular “base paint” that Lizzie said was the dress she burned. Many people were outraged in the community on the grounds that Lizzie had gotten away with murder but if it was a man he would be completely crucified in the court for his crimes. This introduced the bias that we see in the criminal justice system today with female offenders and the violent crimes that are committed at the hands of a

The legal system works well even if people criticize it and say that it is flawed and invalid. Some cases might be hard to understand and hard to solve at first, but in the end, most cases get solved. People claim that the wrong people get arrested because the legal system does not correctly do its job. Most cases are actually solved with the correct verdict. The Trial of Lizzie Borden was a confusing court case with many factors that did not add up at first, but eventually, everything did. Lizzie Borden was guilty. In Fall River, Massachusetts on August 4 , 1892, the Borden family’s maid, Maggie Sullivan discovered the bodies of Andrew and Abby Borden. The maid was resting in her bed upstairs after cleaning and heard Lizzie Borden, the

One of the weirdest crimes in history is the Lizzie Borden case. There are a lot of debates on whether shes innocent or guilty. She was accused of murdering her parents with a hatchet. People said that Lizzie Borden killed them some said that it was an enemy of Andrew Borden Lizzie's father.I think that she is guilty. No one else could have done it. There is a few reasons why she is guilty. One reason is she was outraged with both of her parents, there is a lot of evidence to show she is guilty, and there was no one else in the house when it happened. So in this essay I will talk about why she is guilty and she is not innocent.

The Lizzie Borden, axe-murderer, is one of the most shocking murders in American History. In Fall River, Massachusetts on July 19, 1860 Lizzie Borden was born. Andrew Borden and Sarah Borden were the parents of Lizzie, but three years after Sarah died Andrew remarried to Abby Durfee Gray. (Taylor) Lizzie has an older sister named Emma that took the role of her Mother after Sarah died. Abby and the Borden sisters never had a close relationship. Emma and Lizzie ended up calling Abby “Mrs. Borden” and they always thought that Abby was after the enormous amount of money that Mr. Borden had. The Borden sisters lived with their father and stepmother into their adulthood. Both daughters helped manage the rental properties that Mr. Andrew owned because they thought Abby was only using Andrew for his money. Lizzie and Abby’s relationship was

A ghoul remembers her first meal. If I were one of those gruesome, flesh-eating creatures, my name would be Lizzie Borden especially since she horrifically murdered her stepmother and father. While her father slept, the infamous murdered violently mutilated and killed him, continuing her plan to do the same to her stepmother upstairs. She was tried and released, without anyone ever being charged with the crimes. After the murder, Lizzie and her sister Emma bought a house with their inheritance. Although the court determined her innocence, she was still looked down upon by the suspicious community. Lizzie is a particularly appalling murder due to the fact that it was her own parents that she unpredictably executed. In the Graveyard Book by

In 1982, Lizzie Borden became publically known for killing her mother and father in their home located in Fall River Massachusetts. Many people believe that this murder is the most notorious murder in America due to the abundance of press. Hitt J states that “Between the telephone and the newspapers, this crime became a worldwide phenomenon.” Countless people weren’t surprised at the crime that was committed, they were surprised at the person that did the crime. HittJ says, “this murder was so significant because of the brutality of the crime and the fact a woman was accused of it, most people do not associate this kind of bloody crime with a woman.”

Through mistakes made within the investigative process of the case, the outcome of the case was affected. On the collection of evidence many pieces were contaminated causing flaws in this evidence. When packaging blood swabs the cotton swatches used were packed in plastic bags and then left in a hot truck. This blood was also contaminated as the technician who handled it still had the blood voluntarily given by Simpson on his gloves (Jones, 2009). Degradation of missed blood, which was left for three weeks after the initial run through, may have turned unusable by the time investigators examined it. It was weeks after finding the socks at O.J. Simpson’s house that the police noted the blood on them. Destruction of evidence may have been caused through the bodies not being taken to be autopsied till 10 hours after they were found. During evidence collection the majority was compiled by a Junior Detective, who was taped dropping blood swabs as well as wiping tweezers with dirty hands, this made the evidence highly contaminated (Deutsch, 1995). To conceal the body of Nicole Simpson a police officer place a blanket over the body, this was done to

The trial began on January 24, 1995. Los Angeles County prosecutor Christopher Darden argued that Simpson killed his ex-wife in a jealous rage. They played a 9-1-1 call that Nicole had made on January 1, 1989. During this call she expressed fear that Simpson would physically harm her and he could be heard yelling at her in the background. The prosecution focused on establishing the long history of domestic violence between Nicole and Simpson, presenting evidence that Simpson had physically abused Nicole. Deaths steaming from domestic violence are the result of accumulated acts of violence that escalate rather than once incident of situational rage. It is commonly associated with long-term abuse. Nicole reportedly told friends and family that she was afraid of Simpson and that he was stalking her in the months before her death. The couple were in a period of marital estrangement. They had a history of breaking up and getting back together but according to friends and family Nicole was tired of the abuse and was not going to date Simpson anymore. Simpson also had a history of domestic violence noted by prior police involvement at the Simpson home when the couple was married. Simpson displayed signs that the was extremely jealous reportedly telling Nicole he would kill her if she was with another man. The couple showed many signs of escalating violence that would eventually lead to the death of the victim.

Looking for a welcoming house where you can hear the man and women crying in distress from the exterior of the house? Well you've come to the right place. At 230 2nd St, Fall River, MA 02721. This is a house that will make you shudder from the agonizing feel of this house. From the luscious green yard that kept a forsaken murderer behind the fence. Plus the sidewalk next to this house tells a strange story that you've never heard before… And possibly never hear again. A bonus for this house is the gory smells of rotting bodies and metal will make you vomit. You can smell it from two blocks away. No one will want to come to this gory house.

More than hundred years ago, in Falls River, Massachusetts, lived a young and wealthy family who will soon be fascinated by many people. The father of two girls was Andrew Borden. His oldest daughter was named Emma Borden and his youngest daughter was Lizzie Borden. When Lizzie was around three years old, Lizzie and Emma’s biological mother died from an illness (Kay, 2014). Soon after, Andrew Borden remarried to a woman named Abby Gray. The new family moved onto second street, in a narrow house surrounded by other people (Rubenstein, 1973). However, the new family will soon be filled with anger and terror.

Of course, there are those situations where an accused could possibly be innocent. Perhaps, they were in the wrong place at the wrong time when a murder was committed. Should they get the death penalty? That’s a touchy situation. With the forensics and science available today for crime scene investigations, there is almost could be enough evidence to prove someone innocent.

According to deathpenaltyinfo.org this occurred in the Carlos DeLuna case in Texas in 1983. DeLuna was convicted of violent stabbings. These stabbing were inflicted upon a convenience store worker named Wanda Lopez. DeLuna was executed in 1989. Later is was discovered that evidence actually pointed towards his innocence. A different man, Carlos Hernandez, was guilty, he also was previously connected to similar malicious actions. DeLuna was an innocent man that paid the price for a murder that was committed by someone else. No one deserves to lose their life because of someone else. This case alone proves that the death penalty is no better than a murderer killing innocent people. Carlos DeLuna would agree. Unfortunately, the DeLuna case is not the only case in which an innocent person’s life was sacrificed for the price of another man’s crime. There have been multiple cases of these sorts of situations, which is a sad and unfortunate fact. I found this case specifically upsetting because they both the guys had the same name and I can help but wonder if that’s one of the reasons they were so dead set on DeLuna being the killer because he shared a named with the actual killer.

The grisly axe murder of two people go unsolved. Many people think Lizzie Borden was the killer of her dad and her stepmother, evidence was found that proved her guilty but she was never found guilty beyond reasonable doubt. Many believe it couldn’t have been her based off her upbringing and her clean past. However many people thought it was impossible for anyone else to murder the two, based off the information given by the people in the household at the time. Lizzie Borden was the murderer her father and her stepmother, regardless of upbringing.