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Why Is Lizzie Borden Guilty

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In the early morning of August 4th, 1892 Andrew and Abby Borden were found murdered and mutilated in there home in Fall River, Massachusetts.

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.

Her trial, which started 10 months after the murders, was lead by what towns’ people called the “dream team” of lawyers. The jury had 12 men on it that believed that she was not guilty because after they showed her the skull of her father in court, she fainted, and because she was a girl. They thought that no girl was capable of committing such a crime.

During the trail evidence was shown that …show more content…

However, the day leading up to the murders and mutilations Charles Gifford and Uriah Kirby witnessed a man watching the Borden household around 10:30 p.m. on the 3rd of August. No suspects names was ever released.

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 …show more content…

Lizzie and Emma ended up living together for a short time. Eventually Lizzie moved out into her own home.

Someone ended up purchasing the home and turned it in to the Borden Bed and Breakfast along with a museum. The most requested room in the house to stay in is the room where Abby Borden was murdered and mutilated. Today, thousands of people visit the Borden bed and breakfast yearly to see where these gruesome murders had taken

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