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Lizzie Borden Trial

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In 1892, a young woman named Lizzie Borden was accused of murdering her father and stepmother (“Lizzie Borden on Trial” 2). This accusation was influenced by the lack of evidence at the scene of the crime. There appeared to be no murder weapon, very few witnesses, and the house did not show any signs of an intruder (“Lizzie Borden on Trial” 5). Once the scene was investigated, it was determined that the cause of death for both victims was multiple blows to the head by an axe. Two axes were found in the home, and neither had a speck of blood (“Lizzie Borden on Trial” 14). As it were, there was not enough evidence to convict a killer, nor was there enough evidence to convict Lizzie Borden. She was declared not guilty (“Lizzie Borden on Trial” …show more content…

People in the military are fingerprinted, and it is also required for many other occupations and organizations. When it comes time to match a fingerprint with an individual, it is quite easy due to the wide library of fingerprints the FBI maintains. This library contains the fingerprints of “more than 10%” of the U.S. population. For smaller cases, law enforcement are given access to this library directly from a police station ("Forensic Science" [Gale] 18). Fingerprints are a significant form of forensic evidence because they define an individual. Every time people touch something, “they leave a little bit of themselves behind” (Sohn …show more content…

A positive aspect of this is that forensic scientists only need a small amount of a sample to get the results they need (“Forensic Science” 12). These samples can come from many other forms of identification other than fingerprints and bloodstains. A few moderate examples include strands of hair, tiny beads of sweat, and a saliva specimen (“Forensic Science” 12). Forensic Science Technicians stated that “crime scene investigators may use tweezers, black lights, and specialized kits to identify and collect evidence.” They also stated that examining autopsies prove to be beneficial in a crime investigation (“Forensic Science Technicians”

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The New York Times wrote an obituary which was longer and went into great detail about the murders and the trial (Spiering 225). To this day, the Lizzie Borden case is still an unsolved mystery. Many people believe Lizzie did commit the murders but no one knows what actually happened on that tragic day in 1892. Allan Cumming put Lizzie’s feelings of being betrayed and the awful violence into a poem. “The green leaf of loyalty’s beginning to fall.

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Some of the time Lizzie and her sister Emma would not eat with the elder Borden. Lizzie did not eat with them the day so they expert said maybe Lizzie felt she did have to because she was going to kill them (Berni, C. (1997). After, the murder had taken place Lizzie had burnt a dress and then claimed it had red paint on it. Lizzie was know to shoplift from local stores.

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In the summer of 1892 in Fall River, Massachusetts, Andrew and Abby Borden were found hacked to death in their home. Andrew was discovered in a pool of blood on the living room couch, and Abby upstairs, her head smashed to pieces. After providing inconsistent answers to investigators and odd behavior leading up to their death, their daughter, Lizzie Borden was arrested and charged with the double homicide. Nearly a year later Lizzie is found not guilty and acquitted.

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Lizzie Borden Took an Ax Many people have heard the popular rhyme,“ Lizzie Borden took an ax and gave her mother 40 whacks; and when she saw what she had done she gave her father 41.” Lizzie Borden's murder case has been a mystery since 1892. She was arrested and tried for the axe murders. Borden was acquitted in 1893 and continued to live in Fall River until her death, on June 1, 1927. The case was never solved.

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and they had found the ax up in the attic were Abby Borden was found. Abby borden was killed 90 min after andrew borden was killed and andrew was found in the main family room and abby was found up it the upstairs/attic. Which in my mind that 90 min would be perfect for an inside job and the weird part is no one had seen the body lizzie was the first one to see them and to call the whole family down well it was emma lizzie’s sister and the maid. (Body #3)In this paragraph I will be talking about the final times of the Borden family’s murder. Lizzie and Emma were both sisters that were questioned in the murder of their parents in 1892.

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