OJ Simpson and Lizzie Borden Verdict How would you feel knowing that two ruthless murders were walking your town's streets, at your local stores,waving at your children,and talking to your loved ones? It wouldn’t feel pleasant,would it? That’s why Lizzie Borden and Oj Simpson need to be locked up. Borden and Simpson are guilty of first degree murder due to the evidence found against them,the relationship between the defendants and their victims,and their strange behaviors after the murders. First of all,the evidence that was found points all fingers to the defendants. In Borden’s case,she was caught buying rat poison to “kill rats” in her home. A few days after she bought the poison, everyone in her home fell sick from what it looked like