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Lizzie Borden Guilty

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Lizzie Bordens case left the world shocked and confused. People didn't know what to believe since there was lack of forensic evidence making it harder for police to convict her of the murder. In court, A.V. Jennings (Lizzie Borden's Defense) argued, “there is not one particle of direct evidence in this case from beginning to end against Lizzie A. Borden. There is not a spot of blood, there is not a weapon they have connected with her in any way, shape or fashion.” Some people still believed she was guilty and never accepted her in the community. People from all over also didn’t believe she was guilty because she was female. Since the murders occurred in the 1800s she is known as one of the first females to kill in America. Views and statistics

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