Lizzie Borden Questions And Answers
Sindt 1
Ben Sindt
AP Lang
Mrs Fields
March 31
Period 3
Just Ax Yourself the Real Questions
Lizzie Borden was just a very misunderstood young gal, she only wanted to ax her parents a question. But really though Lizzie Borden is famously known for the accusations of the murders of Andrew and Abby Borden, her father and stepmother. Although Lizzie was acquitted of the crimes of the murders of her father and stepmother, she is doubtlessly guilty; she just can 't be found guilty with a lack of evidence to prove means, motive, and opportunity to find her guilty of her crimes in the american justice system. With the law team of the century by her side, they were able to convey that there was no confirmed murder weapon, so no means to commit the …show more content…
Which is a very reasonable way to view this situation because in this time it was viewed that woman couldn 't commit any such horrendous crime. It was also viewed that Lizzie having a jury of all men helped to the stereotype that men didn 't see woman as violent and able to commit such crimes, and that there was no that she could have have been strong enough and strong willed enough as a woman to go through such and act. Whether Lizzie actually killed her parents or not, she was not acquitted simply because she was a woman, she was acquitted through having very good lawyers that helped to show that there was not enough evidence in this case to lock her up for life on the counts of murder. Many of the stereotypes of Woman not being able to do such things may, and were probably all involved, but they are not why she was found innocent.
Did the ends justify the means? since no one was ever found guilty in this case, the person who murdered Andrew and Abby Borden would probably answer yes to that question. Whoever killed them killed them for some reason: whether it be for financial reasons or for vengeance or simply mental illness, got away with it all scot free. Lizzie was the only person ever brought to trial in this murder case, and they found her not guilty because of a lack of evidence and a botched investigation. The American Justice system held up, and every living persons were held up in the
Ben Sindt
AP Lang
Mrs Fields
March 31
Period 3
Just Ax Yourself the Real Questions
Lizzie Borden was just a very misunderstood young gal, she only wanted to ax her parents a question. But really though Lizzie Borden is famously known for the accusations of the murders of Andrew and Abby Borden, her father and stepmother. Although Lizzie was acquitted of the crimes of the murders of her father and stepmother, she is doubtlessly guilty; she just can 't be found guilty with a lack of evidence to prove means, motive, and opportunity to find her guilty of her crimes in the american justice system. With the law team of the century by her side, they were able to convey that there was no confirmed murder weapon, so no means to commit the …show more content…
Which is a very reasonable way to view this situation because in this time it was viewed that woman couldn 't commit any such horrendous crime. It was also viewed that Lizzie having a jury of all men helped to the stereotype that men didn 't see woman as violent and able to commit such crimes, and that there was no that she could have have been strong enough and strong willed enough as a woman to go through such and act. Whether Lizzie actually killed her parents or not, she was not acquitted simply because she was a woman, she was acquitted through having very good lawyers that helped to show that there was not enough evidence in this case to lock her up for life on the counts of murder. Many of the stereotypes of Woman not being able to do such things may, and were probably all involved, but they are not why she was found innocent.
Did the ends justify the means? since no one was ever found guilty in this case, the person who murdered Andrew and Abby Borden would probably answer yes to that question. Whoever killed them killed them for some reason: whether it be for financial reasons or for vengeance or simply mental illness, got away with it all scot free. Lizzie was the only person ever brought to trial in this murder case, and they found her not guilty because of a lack of evidence and a botched investigation. The American Justice system held up, and every living persons were held up in the