Lizzie is not guilty, and I know this from the several testimonies that i read over. Some of the testimonies prove to themselves about how she is innocent. The small testimonies mostly I see that there is more evidence, the bigger testimonies like Emma Borden’s I believe does not show as much with Lizzie. All of the hidden evidence of Lizzie’s case is not mentioned enough, they grab all the evidence that can be possibly useless and focus on it more. Everyone believes Lizzie is guilty. Everyone points out the most obvious guilty evidence. But nobody wants to point the innocence of Lizzie Borden.
To begin with is John V. Morse, Lizzie's uncle. I was running through his testimony and saw that he mentioned the door. He mentioned that it was
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He had also said there was blood leading up to the front door, and had gotten on the door. In addition to the evidence found we start now with Adelaide B. Churchill testimony, and she has concern for Lizzie as she dimly says in her testimony. Adelaide Churchill is clearly suspecting Lizzie had killed her parents. We could give her the benefit of the doubt and say she probably liked Lizzie’s dress or something, but also Adelaide had not seen what Lizzie had on that morning. In Emma Borden's testimony, she had said “It was very dirty, very much soiled and badly faded.” on page 2 column 2. Emma had said that Lizzie had always wore that dress, so why should Adelaide be surprised. It just shows more about Adelaide suspecting Lizzie of the crime, as she also describes the dress with much more detail. Also reminding you this is after the crime, and this evidence is important in a way. It just shows how people quickly jumped into conclusion even when they are not a hundred percent sure about the case. The dress had no blood on it as Adelaide said even when she said that she was fanning Lizzie. She start to explain if she could see it up close she would probably had
Lizzie Borden is guilty of homicide of Andrew and Abby Borden because Lizzie’s investigations were never done correctly, Lizzie was doing peculiar things days before the murders, and Lizzie and her stepmother had bad blood. Lizzie Bordens investigation was never done correctly. Lizzie's room was never searched for any evidence. According to Bio.com, back then during
The Accused Lizzie Borden Lizzie Andrew Borden is suspected for the murder of her father and stepmother. In my opinion, she DID kill them. The 32-year-old had a motive, which would likely be gaining her father’s inheritance of money and property. She felt was owed to her, since she was his daughter.
Also her stepmother accused her stealing jewelry out of her room but Lizzie clamed to her father that she did not take it. Maybe Lizzie had all of this mad rush in her to kill her parent’s .Furthermore, nobody knows what actually happen how could one person cause this? Overall, there is not enough to put her in jail but some still think she did it. Although Lizzie was acquainted to the murders but found as not guilty for them because as I said there is no evidence of her actually killing then.(www.women.com) Therefore, lizzie lived by herself people still thinking she did it.
“Lizzie Borden took an ax, and gave her mother forty whacks when she saw what she had done, She gave her father forty-one” the infamous song of Lizzie Borden allegedly accused of both the murders of her father and stepmother. But now come to think could she really have been innocent? There are many suspicious details leading to her being guilty but Lizzie was declared innocent. So now the suspicion begins. Despite the many information on the Lizzie Borden case, I believe Lizzie Borden should have been proven guilty.
She constantly used examples of pathos (emotion) and logos(logic) to cause the reader to feel an emotional connection to the main character and want her to win her case and be proven innocent, but then evidence against her shows up and makes our heads spin with inciting prolepsis. Some quotes seem to be pure logic such as, “Whether she was guilty or innocent, Lizzie Borden’s inquest testimony was nothing short of catastrophic. Her answers appear so evasive, contradictory, and obstinate, it’s hard to imagine anyone attempting to prove his or her evidence more ineffectively.” , (pg124), which makes us think that she was guilty of the crime by telling us that she did terribly in her trial. Despite this, however, this passage also makes us feel bad for Lizzie because throughout the story we had been conditioned, in a way, to be on Lizzie's side.
They also found no footprints in the loft that could confirm Lizzie’s story. Though no forensic evidence was ever found to tie Lizzie to the crimes the clean, handle-free hatchet was found in the basement, which was the only reason it was suggested as a murder weapon. All they really had against her was her inconsistent stories, but there was no solid lead to tie her to the murders. She never testified, and like the prussic acid story, her earlier conflicting statements were judged inadmissible, partially because it was revealed she’d been on morphine, prescribed to calm her nerves, while giving them.
When blood dries… it turns brown. For sure this sounds a little queasy that she would burn the dress with brown stains on them and not throw it away. As can be seen she for sure wanted all evidence to be permanently gone. Another example of evidence about Lizzie being guilty is two days prior to the murder she was found buying prussic acid (Gustafson, [45]). If you are not familiar in what that is, it is a deadly poison.
This may well prove her guilt in that she tried to find the least suspicious place to be during the murders. The police found a bucket of bloody towels in the basement of the Borden home, and they were told that Lizzie had been menstruating. The head of an axe was also found (“Vengeful Daughter”). While Lizzie could have been on her period, it is a shocking coincidence that the two events coincided. Perhaps the most suspicious evidence would be the fact that Lizzie burned a dress the day after her parents funeral.
There are also many books, articles, and newspaper articles that date back to the time the murders happened. Lizzie did not like her stepmother at all, but felt differently about her father. Andrew Borden was on bad terms with a man when he was murdered and many people may have wanted him dead due to his wealthiness, attitude, and sketchy business deals. Lizzie claimed to be in the barn eating fruit for thirty minutes while the murder happened, even though the reports say she was locked inside with her stepmother, Abigail Borden. Lizzie’s parents had no reason to die and didn’t deserve to die, but Lizzie thought very
I believe that Lizzie Borden did kill Both Abby and Andrew Borden on the day of August 4, 1892. Some people think that Lizzie is guilty some think she is innocent. My reasons for believing this are she wanted more attention from her father. My second reason is when she testified about what happened and her whereabouts it didn't add up. My third and final reason to believe that Lizzie is guilty is she had reasons to think that her father was going to get hurt shortly before her father got killed.
Even though there was a lot of evidence that proved Lizzie was innocent, the evidence that proved her guilt was much more reliable and trustworthy. Lizzie did actually commit these murders because she had tried to buy prussic acid, she had burned a dress that supposedly had paint on it, and because even the own nursery rhyme states that because she had killed her stepmother she was afraid that her father would suspect of her, so she decided to kill him as well
Lizzie Borden’s case impacted the world because even though she was declared innocent, she was punished by public opinion. The Borden family were citizens of wealth who had lived in Fall River for at least eight generations. Andrew Borden and his second wife, Abby, and his two daughters, Emma and Lizzie lived in a modest house (Gottesman 1). Senior partner in Borden, Almy, and Company, he had been president of the Fall River Savings Bank and owned textile mills and other real estates.
After the murder took place a local store said that she came in and tried to buy poison but they would not sell it to them (Miller, S, 2016). That was a few days before that murder (Miller, S, 2016). Then they ended up falling ill the day before the killings took place (King, F. 1992). On the morning of the murders Lizzie did not eat breakfast with her family and was acting weird.
There were lots of loose ends and unsolved questions. I am here to convince you that Lizzie did not do it and, that she is innocent. Firstly, imagine being accused of killing your parents. How would that make you feel?
During the trials, even some active accusers and the magistrate were doubtful of her accusations because of her respectable reputation (Linder). Moreover, Rebecca was innocent because she never confessed to her accusation and responded, “I am innocent and God will clear my innocency” (Ray). Also, the first jury’s verdict on her of “Not Guilty” and the probation granted by Governor Phips that proved her innocence were purposely overturned by her rivals and accusers (Ray). In