Lizzie Borden: The Lizzie Borden Trial Of 1893

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Lizzie Borden, Lead Suspect The Lizzie Borden trial of 1893 is one of the most interesting and famous court cases, an axe murder case, perhaps, and still over a century, we have yet to find out who was the murderer of Andrew Borden and Abby (Durfee Gray) Borden. The place where this murder happened was on a hot August 4, 1892 at 92 Second Street in Fall River, Massachusetts. First, it also included and/or involved Lizzie Andrew Borden, herself, of course, as the defendant and as the lead suspect. She was the only person in/around the house at the time of the murder and may not have liked her stepmother and/or have wanted to inherit the money her father already. Her father, Andrew Borden, had been attacked and killed while sleeping on the …show more content…

They included strawman, appeal to fear, appeal to pity, and transfer. One strawman could have been “You’re saying Lizzie wouldn’t want to be rich”, and “Lizzie’s dad wasn’t always so nice, though”. These both could have created a distraction(s), and would have made Lizzie appear guilty. Another emotional appeal was appeal to fear, which was that Lizzie showed little emotion at the discovery of her father’s dead body and in the days following the murder; she was the only one around and/or in the house, too, so she would have been thought guilty of both of those. Appeal to pity was that she was just a poor, little, somewhat older woman, so “she must have been not guilty.” Lastly, Lizzie Borden was transferred to be hateful and the wanting-to-quickly-inherit-riches daughter, making her …show more content…

Lizzie Andrew Borden received a fair trial. "They really couldn't get a conviction with the evidence they had," for the weapon was never found(, although police found the head of an ax in the basement covered with ash) and there was surprisingly little blood in the area of the murders, and none on Lizzie's clothes. On the other hand, it was true that "Her testimony is filled with inconsistencies," Binette said. But, he added, Lizzie's doctor sedated her, with morphine in the days following the murders and, even, during the 10 months she served in jail prior to the trial and during the 15-day trial. Another counterargument was that she could have been the only one able to have committed the axe murder, for she was the only one seeming to be able to get into the house at that time. Along with this, “Abby Borden did not turn around while dusting the guest bedroom, as she might upon hearing an intruder. Therefore she seemed to know, and trust, her attacker.” Plus, from the voting guilty point of view, after the murders, she even burned a dress that she said had paint on it. In those days, old or disused dresses were passed along to the help or used for rags. Still, I say “innocent until proven guilty”, and there were reasonable doubts and too much uncertainty to be safe to say Lizzie Borden was guilty. Yes, I agree with the outcome, of course, because Lizzie Borden was never proven guilty with substantial evidence. If I had been the prosecutor, I

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