Was Lizzie Borden Guilty?

Lizzie Borden is Guilty Many cases were named “Trials of the 19th Century”. Lizzie Borden’s trial was one of them. Lizzie was put on trial for the murder of her father and step mother. She was acquitted however. This verdict still causes speculation, even over 100 years after the trial. Many found the verdict correct, she could not have killed her parents. Lizzie did not fit the cold-blooded type; she was a woman and a regular church goer. Her defendants claim the evidence against her was all circumstantial. However, there are those that believe she is the murderer. The evidence gathered all pointed only to her. She was found innocent because the police at the time mishandled the case, the evidence that was collected pointed to her, she was

She attempted to buy poison the day before they died. She then constantly expressed concern for her father’s life. It sounds as if she was setting up to look like the concerned daughter for when she killed her parents. If it was not her, who could have murdered them? This person would have had to have easy access into the house, stayed inside for over an hour without being found, left without anyone noticing, and had a motive to violently murder an elderly couple. One of her most loyal defenders, Michael Martin, author of “Parallel Lives…”, when asked who could have killed them he replied with “No one knows” (Booth). This murderer would have to have left the house covered in blood with a bloody ax. The witnesses during the trial reported not having seen any suspicious characters on the street at 11:30 (Masterton). There is no one else that fits. Lizzie was in the house during both murders. Bridget was outside cleaning the windows when Abby was killed and napping when Andrew was killed. When Bridget testified in court she said she had not seen any other person around the house, except Lizzie. It is hard to believe that Lizzie did not hear the crime taking place. Abby fell to the floor hard, she was surprised, and was axed 19 times. It could not have been a silent act. When Bridget entered back into the house, after cleaning the windows, she reported to the police she heard Lizzie laughing upstairs. This was between the times Abby was killed. Lizzie was the last person to see her father alive when he entered the house (Masterton). Lizzie said she was in the barn when her father was being killed. She was in there for about 15 to 20 minutes she claimed. But when the police went in there to investigate it was hard to believe anyone could stay in there for so long. Even more importantly, they found no footprints (Linder). Bridget testified that the time period between Lizzie finding Andrew dead and when