Why Is Lizzie Andrew Borden Guilty

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.

In the end, people in the town seem to think that Lizzie got away with the murders and mutilations all because she was a girl. People from around the town thought for sure that she was guilty and from that point on nobody from the town accepted her. Even the judge thought that she as was a suspect and guilty, but the jury said

brother, did the actually killing, but his mother in father aided in the coverup of the crime.

	What makes the Fall River murders so confusing is that the motive, the weapon, and the opportunity for such a crime are all absent. They found no money or jewelry missing, not even small amounts of change were taken in the daytime break-in at the Borden home a year earlier. The home had been locked up as usual, the maid Bridget Sullivan-an Irish immigrant, 26, that had been working at the household since 1889-was washing windows, and daughter Lizzie was inside the house reading a magazine. Even if both were involved for some reason in this shocking crime, what became of the blood so conspicuously missing from the bludgeoned corpses?

“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

The last reason why Lizzie Borden is because she did not have a good relationship with her step-mother and didn’t consider Abby her mother. Lizzie Borden stopped calling her mother at a young age because of an affair. Although Lizzie Borden was most likely the murderer, there is still a small chance someone else was the murderer. The “Inquest Testimony of Lizzie Borden” points out,“I know of a man who has not been friendly with him. They have not been friendly for years.” Most sources said that no one had anything against Andrew Borden, but in Lizzie Borden’s testimony she says someone was not friendly with Andrew Borden and has not been for a very long time. This man that was not friendly with Andrew Borden could have been the murderer. Although there is more evidence that says Lizzie Borden is the murderer, there is still a chance that she is innocent.

The double murder of Andrew and Abby Borden still remains unsolved. The police could have done a better job investigating and the evidence showing Lizzie being linked should have been enough to charge her but this is a period of time when forensics was at its infancy and if there was no weapon there was no crime. The money involved could have brought rise to Lizzie to plot the death for inheritance. We will never

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?

Many say that she is guilty because of her previous role in the kidnapping plot, or because she had housed Confederate soldiers, including John Wilkes Booth The evidence for this comes from an article entitled “Mary Surratt: Accomplice or mastermind? Role in Lincoln's assassination still sparks debate,” which reads “Surratt was a widow in her early 40s who owned the Washington boardinghouse where Lincoln's assassin, John Wilkes Booth, was a frequent guest. The other accomplices were either tenants or occasional visitors to Surratt's home.” This could be used as evidence against her in this case, and could prove her guilt because she could have conspired with her son, as well as John Wilkes Booth, behind closed doors. Also another point that one could argue is that she may have been guilty by association. One could say that since she was always around them when they had meetings, then she must have heard about the

There has been years of people who are trying to solve the 19th century murder case of Lizzie Borden's father and stepmother. Today people still do not know if Lizzie was innocent or guilty of murdering them Andrew and Abby Borden. There has been a lot of evidence of her and other people that were there at the time of the murder. In my opinion I feel Lizzie Borden was guilty of murdering her father and stepmother. In the article, “Fourteen Reasons to Believe LIzzie Murdered Her Parents,” it states “only Lizzie was known to be in the house at the time of Abby Borden’s murder.”

I believe that Lizzie Borden committed the murders of her father and step mother. There is a lot f evidence against her proving she did it. Like the poison that was used in the crime, It was a big part on the murders. (Law2.umkc.edu) This poison is prussic acid it can cause death within 20 minutes. In this case, there are many symptoms that are involved

Lizzy headed down Gibson’s house and then she talked him what happened. Gibson said Gibson’s boss seemed to know everything but he did not care of it. Gibson found the alibi and checked her father’s file and confirmed that there was an anonymous phone called from a woman. It meant mother’s murderer could be woman. Lizzy came back to the Mrs. Remington’ house, but Edward was waiting for Lizzy. He led to her top of the house and talked to her, Edward loved Lizzy’s mom, but she left Edward that’s why he killed Lizzy’ mother. He had a plan to kill Lizzy and Gibson because Edward believed they messed up all of that. That time, Mrs. Remington came in the room and tried to help her son. Lizzy realized Edward and Mrs. Remington was

Circumstantial evidence does not contain enough information to prove the guilt of a suspect (Carlson). “The crushing dullness of the evidence” allowed Lizzie Borden her acquittal (King). However, in the time period of the murders, the technology to obtain and preserve any physical evidence to prove Lizzie’s guilt did not exist. Equipment to identify fingerprints, video cameras, and other technology commonly used to provide evidence would not exist until several decades after Lizzie’s trial had ended. Also, despite the compelling evidence that the prosecution did provide, the jury refused to recognize any because of the stereotypical views that many men

It is August 4rth, 1892, in Fall River Massachusetts. In a house located on 92nd street, Andrew and Abby Borden are lying dead. Andrew had received 11 strikes to the head with a hatchet and Abby withheld 19. Bridget Sullivan and John Fleet hold evidential facts on the Borden case.

Ethel was only the second woman ever to be executed by the federal government. To the end, both Rosenbergs insisted on their innocence. Documents recently unsealed in both the U.S. and Russia show that although Julius Rosenberg was probably guilty, Ethel's role in any conspiracy was tiny at most.