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Why Is Lizzie Borden Guilty

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Lizzie Borden took an axe, and gave her stepmother nineteen whacks. When she saw what she had done, she gave her father nine plus a killer one. On a hot August 4, 1892 at 92 Second Street in Fall River, Massachusetts, a cry came from the daughter of Andrew and Abby Borden; Lizzie Borden. Her cry attracted her neighbor Adelaide Churchill next door, so she went to Lizzie’s house. Immediately the body of Andrew Borden, Lizzie’s father, was found. A few minutes after authorities came investigating Andrew’s body, the family maid Bridget brought Adelaide with her to check upstairs for Abby, and they found out that Abby was also dead. She lay in a pool of blood and the blows from her head were dark, so she died before her husband. After the investigations of the two victims, police questioned Bridget, Emma, John Morse and Lizzie. The most suspicious suspect turned out to be Lizzie because of her change in alibis, her dress and her presence at the time being of the murders. …show more content…

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

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