lizzie borden: murderer or misunderstood?. august 4, 1892 the house on second street in fall river...
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Lizzie Borden:Murderer or Misunderstood?
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August 4, 1892
The house on Second Street in Fall River with the barn in back.This is exactly how the house would’ve looked like from the street on this date.
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Lizzie Borden
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Andrew Borden
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Abby Borden
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Emma Borden
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John V. Morse
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Bridget Sullivan
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The Autopsy
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The Autopsy
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Motives
• Potential abuse in the past
• Caught in affair with Bridget
• Money
• Residual anger and resentment
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Argument: Lizzie would’ve been covered in blood when police arrived
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Argument: Lizzie had an alibi
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Argument: Fearing the unknown assailant, Lizzie barred her
windows in the years following the murders
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So, why the innocent verdict?
• The omission of the prussic acid evidence
• The omission of the inconsistent alibis
• The Victorian jury could not believe that a gentlewoman committed such a crime.
• Regardless, the people of Fall River considered her guilty, and she was shunned from most activities for the rest of her life.
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List of sources
• http://www.lizzieandrewborden.com/CrimeLibrary/SequenceofEvents.htm
• http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mlizzieborden.html
• http://www.crimelibrary.com/notorious_murders/famous/borden/index_1.html
• http://www.lizzie-borden.com/• http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/
ftrials/LizzieBorden/bordenhome.html
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Good Books for Further Reading
• Lizzie: The Story of Lizzie Borden by Frank Spiering
• Forty Whacks: New Evidence in the Life and Legend of Lizzie Borden by David Kent
• Lizzie Borden: The Legend, the Truth, and the Final Chapter by A.R. Brown