Ever wonder how societal biases can influence a murder trial? This story takes you back to 1892 to the shocking axe murders of Andrew and Abby Borden in their Fall River, Massachusetts, home. The prime suspect? Their own daughter, Lizzie. What unfolded was a trial for the ages, as much about the brutal crime itself as it was about the social dynamics of the time.
Lizzie, a respectable woman from a prominent family, found herself at the center of a media frenzy. The sources explore how class, gender, and even the rise of Irish immigrants in Fall River played a role in the trial and its shocking outcome. Was Lizzie a cold-blooded killer, or was she a victim of circumstance and prejudice?
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