Why Is Lizzie Borden Innocent

Lizzie Borden took an axe and gave her mother 40 whacks, when she saw what she had done she gave her mother 41. This case has been studied for over 100 years and is still unsolved. Lizzie was guilty of murdering Abby, her step-mother and Andrew Borden, her father. Although there is little evidence that Lizzie could be innocent, there is much more evidence to show that Lizzie is guilty. To begin with, Lizzie was over dramatic about some things, especially the arguments with Abby and Andrew. During the trial Lizzie stated that there was a disagreement about Abby’s sister-in-law getting a house from Andrew six years before the murders, which led to bad tension between Abby and Lizzie. Since that uproar, Lizzie was very disrespectful towards Abby …show more content…
Lizzie had even mentioned in the trial that since the argument she didn’t eat with the family and was mostly in her room away from them. No one would get so mad as to quit calling their only mom figure, mother and not want to kill them. As has been noted, Lizzie showed signs of hatred and showed reasons she would want to kill Abby. Lizzie just couldn’t seem to get her stories straight. For the most part, Lizzie was a compulsive liar and that was clear to see. At the beginning of the trial Lizzie had said she was wearing a blue dress, but, and I quote according to the website law2.umkc.edu “They figured in the afternoon I should change”. Lizzie was giving an excuse for her to change since the murders were committed after 11, not in the afternoon. With this known, during the week of the trial Lizzie made a very idiotic decision. Lizzie had burned a blue dress, which she said she accidentally brushed against wet paint but there was no evidence of a painting found in the house. Lizzie was not as clever as she thought. In that case, Lizzie’s behavior during the trial didn’t seem to add up and was very suspicious. Not only was the dress situation very peculiar but also her stories about where she was during the