The Trial Of Lizzie Borden Summary

Linder, Doug. “The Trial of Lizzie Borden.” The Trial of Lizzie Borden. N.p., 2004. Web. 08 Jan. 2017, http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/LizzieBorden/bordenaccount.html. In this article, there is a detailed description of the murders and trial information. This source has an un-biased aspect as it covers both sides of the argument. On one hand Linder gives information on why Lizzie A. Borden may have been guilty. On the other he also describes why she could not be. There are many direct quotes from Lizzie and other witnesses as well. The article goes through from the morning of the crimes through her trial. Linder goes into depth with the evidence, or lack-there-of, throughout this article as well. In recapitulation, this article

The text is worded simply but also detailed. However, it is out of order because it goes from the day of the murders and then jumps to a time before the murders, then to the murders again. From here it goes in chronological order but the beginning aspect makes it seem a bit out of place. Even with this odd order this source is credible because it is from the Crime Museum who had researched the information for it, finding it to be an enigma. This information, while still factual, had taken a bias towards Lizzie’s guilt. This information pointing towards this does feel incomplete as it is not the full story. It does, however, provide new information on why Lizzie may have a vengeance against him and new information on what Abby thought about the illness the night before the murders. It could have very well been someone else who didn’t like Andrew trying to get revenge in both incidents. “Just before the murders occurred, the entire family fell ill. Since Mr. Borden was not a well-liked man in town, Mrs. Borden believed foul play was involved.” (par. 2). This shows that even Abby thought someone wanted to harm them. This being the suspicion of the deceased makes it stand out