Ladies and Gentlemen of the jury, this is a case about two people, a man and a woman, who’s lives were ended by an unfair and untimely death. Today we are here to give closure to Abby and Andrew Borden’s demise, by bringing their cold-blooded, greedy, unlawful, and backstabbing daughter, Lizzie Borden, to justice. We know that Lizzie Borden was not on good terms with her stepmother, as Abby had been given an amount of land from Andrew that Lizzie thought that she and Emma should rightfully have in their possession. It also would seem as though Andrew Borden was both physically and sexually abusive to his daughters while Abby did nothing. We also know that Lizzie was preparing a murder weapon on August 3rd, the day before the murders, in the form of prussic acid; she attempted to buy some from a druggist by the name of Eli Bence, …show more content…
She mentioned some things about how she believed that “Something is going to happen to my father”. Then, three days after the murder Alice saw Lizzie burning a dress of the same color that she was wearing on the day of the murder, because it was “covered in old paint brown paint” the same color of dried blood. Furthermore, the alibis given by Lizzie Borden contradicted each other. There are multiple pieces of information that disprove them. During the murders Lizzie was eating pears, mending lace, fixing a screen, and making bobbers all at the same time. She couldn’t be in the barn because Bridget Sullivan would have seen her whilst running between the windows and the barn to refill her pail. The same goes for if Lizzie was outside. All of theses defenses that seem to have all happened at the same time are proof that Lizzie is guilty for murdering her parents. Even if they were made up due to Morphine, the very first one she gave, being in the barn getting a piece of iron was definitely a white lie, because neighbors and the maid have seen