Lizzie Borden Research Paper

Amanda Knox is an American student who was studying abroad in Italy when was accused and convicted of murdering her roommate, Meredith Kercher, and was found innocent of the crimes after serving four years in an Italian prison. The scrutiny surrounding this case is one of media influence and how it set her fate. Knox was not able to get a fair trial in Italy because of the negative image the media painted of her. With no concrete evidence, people believed she was guilty because of the horrible and twisted opinions of her in the media.

Their daughter, Lizzie Borden was the suspect in these murders and mutilations. She was arrested 7 days after the murders on August 11th, 1892. However, a jury found her not guilty after she went to trial.

It is best described by the closing arguments for Lizzie Borden's defense, made by her attorney, George D. Robinson:

“The only two people that know I am innocent, is myself and the killer.” Imagine being blamed for a crime you did not commit, and nobody would believe you no matter what you said. Steven Truscott had forty-two years of his life taken from him for being charged with a crime he did not commit. He was charged at only the age of fourteen for murdering and raping twelve year old Lynne Harper. He then became the youngest death-row inmate after one of the most famous trials in the history of Canada. Steven Truscott should never have been convicted for the murder and rape of Lynne Harper due to the fact the forensic evidence was questionable the

Because they thought she was burning it because there was blood on it. Later in her jail time she was let go. Because of this she had gone to trial with 12 men. During the trial she had shown no emotions to her parents death witch had concerned the 12 men. In the trial Lizzie never took stand for the 12 men. For this reason I think Lizzie did try to kill her parents with the poison but someone else killed them, that’s why she had shown no emotions. That someone who problem killed Abby and Andrew Borden could have been the person who Andrew was having trouble with. As saying that Andrews employers has rumors that a customer did not like him and that Andrew owed him something but never gave it to him. June 20th , 1893 Lizzie was found not guilty and acuanted. Lizzie commited the crime she had done to avoid the evidence. For this reason Lizzie was found not guilty on June 20th 1893. Lizzie and Emma inhareted their fathers estate. Thry had bought a house for themselves. Emma had died 10 days later from the flu then Lizzie died 3 days later. The case had then been set for a mystery formany years, and many people has many different opinions on who killed Abby and Andrew

Andrew Borden estate was worth $300,000 dollars, which as of 2016 would be $7,901,111. This was a lot of money during the late 1800’s. Lizzie was reported to have arguments with her father regarding a property settlement over the divorce between Andrew and Mrs. Borden. If the investigation was in my hands, I would have thoroughly questioned Lizzie, and requested a full physiological evaluation. I would have also tried to submit the hatchet into evidence, proving that the split in the skull could match that of a hatchet. The repetitive Hatchet blows to the back of Abby Borden’s head shows it was killing out of rage. The only person to have shown signs of animosity towards these individuals was Lizzie Borden. The dispute over property of a wealthy man as Andrew Borden, the dislike people had for him, the divorce Lizzie went through, and her father killing her pet birds leads me to believe there was a motive.

Mary Surratt should have not been executed, but imprisoned. Mary Surratt was guilty because she was a part of Abraham Lincoln’s kidnapping plot along with being untruthful.

Although there is a chance that Lizzie Borden is innocent, there is more evidence that says she is guilty so I believe she is guilty. They may have been someone that was not friendly with Andrew Borden, but this man had no reason to kill his wife as well, he had nothing against her. There is still more evidence that says she is guilty like that she didn’t have a good relationship with her mother, she lied about where she was when

why it is significant for her to have had the death penalty. “So what, she was proven not guilty,”

There was not enough evidence to make her guilty. According to source #1 is states that, “There was no physical evidence linking her to the murders.” There was no evidence that pointed to Lizzie, like there was no blood on her dress. Also, there was no murder weapon found in the house. There was no physical evidence that makes Lizzie the murder. The last reason Lizzie is innocent is that Andrew made many enemies that could’ve killed him. Both Andrew and Abby Borden made some enemies in their life. People said Lizzie didn’t like her stepmother, but maybe someone else didn’t like her. According to source #1 it says that, “The dour businessman had also made many enemies on his rise on the top, and rumors swirled that Andrew and Abby had perhaps been killed as revenge for Andrew’s shady business dealings.” This shows that other people could of killed Abby and Andrew. They made multiple enemies, so one of them could’ve tried to kill them. Andrew was also one of the most unpopular men in town. There could’ve been multiple people that killed Andrew and Abby besides

jury ruled her not guilty, but I do not see how with all the evidence that they had. With the

Another argument you might use to disprove that it was Abigail fault, would be to blame the courts, their misunderstanding, and their willingness to accept the false statements of Abigail and the girls.The courts had a big part in these trials, and it is evident that they did not consider the distant possibility that the young girls were lying to get out of the whole. As for Elizabeth Proctor’s encounters with Abigail to hate Elizabeth for standing in her way to do things. The truth was Elizabeth and Abigail which was John’s third wife barely knew each other.

Have you ever been so angry you thought about killing your parents with an axe? Well many people think Lizzie Borden did this exact thing. Lizzie Borden was accused of murdering her step mother and father with a hatchet on August 4, 1892. While on trial, the jury found her innocent, but many other people think her to be guilty. I think that Lizzie Borden is innocent of the murder of Andrew and Abby Borden because she loved her father, didn’t have a problem with her stepmother, and there was no physical evidence found at the crime scene. Lizzie Borden was found innocent by law, so why should it be questioned?

The reasons lineup altogether: Lizzie was suspected for killing her parents because she kept changing her alibi (excuse) every time she was questioned, her attire of clothing may be evidence connected to the bloody murder of Andrew and Abby and she was suspected of being in the house during the time that Abby and Andrew were murdered. Some people still think Lizzie’s trial was unfair, mostly because it was held in the 19th century. But if the murders and the trial were held in the modern world today where technology has advanced with DNA processors, lie detectors and other upgraded tools to finding suspects for crimes, would Lizzie Borden still have been found as not guilty or would she be truly revealed as one of the most infamous woman murderers in

     Grace Marks, the main character in Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood, is undoubtedly guilty. The evidence against her is way too much to consider innocence. Feeling sympathy towards Grace seems easy, especially since she tries to make it out to seem that she is the victim, but when looking at the facts only, it is obvious that the evidence all points against her. She has motives, Grace has left evidence, and her stories are not consistent with each other. The evidence, as well as the motives signify her guilt, not her being a victim of an unfair system.