##rden's Case : The Lizzie Borden : Guilt Or Fuilt?

Why Mary Surratt should not have been executed Mary Surratt should not have been executed. Mary Surratt could have helped a little bit but not enough she should have been executed. One reason Mary Surratt is innocent is because she didn’t know they were going to kill Lincoln. In source 2 it says “It is possible the Mary knew of the kidnapping but not the plan to kill Lincoln.” This means she might not have known the were planning to kill Lincoln so she could be innocent.

Mary Surratt’s Argument Mary Surratt should have been executed. Mary Surratt should be executed because she was still part of the conspiracy.

“Was Lizzie Borden Really Innocent” The number of kids that kill their parents is unbelievable. They usually have a motive. Lizzie Borden didn’t.

Mary Surratt was accused of the knowing about the plan to kill Abraham Lincoln and was the first woman hanged by the United States Federal Government. Mary Surratt should have not been executed for just knowing about the plan. This essay will show that Mary did some things wrong but, never deserved execution and here are a few reasons why.

Mary surratt deserved to be hanged. This is because she assisted in the plot to kill Abraham Lincoln, president of the united states. There is so much evidence that she assisted in the plot to kill the president, but the three main reasons are that she lied, she knew of the plot, and her son was a conspirator.

This is because soldiers found out evidence in her house that she supported the confederacy, but not a part of the kidnapping plot. Also on page 16, the text states, “She agreed, and soon she drove down to Surrattsville by carriage.” She did not supply weapons or ammunition, and the book, Chasing Lincoln’s Killer, then only talks about her arrest and nothing else about her. This shows that she was innocent because she was barely a part of the kidnapping of the president

Is Mary Surratt guilty? Mary Surratt is being accused of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln and is being hanged for it. Some people say that Dr.Mudd did it and other people say that Mary did it but who really killed Abraham Lincoln? Mary Surratt definitely deserved to be hanged for the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.

Mary Surratt, a women who assisted in killing Abraham Lincoln , is guilty of conspiracy because she knew what the plans where to assassinate the 16th president of the United States. She gave John Wilkes Booth, the killer of the president, and their follow colleagues a places to sleep and live, the boarding place she provided is also the place they came up with the plans to murder the president. One of the people who were around during this was John M. Lloyd, he was an assistant to Mrs.Surratt . As he describes Mrs. Surratt in his testimony, he had do several things that had to be done to make sure that their plan carried thru, Like getting an buggy to pick up Booth to go to the theater. Also Mrs.Surratt and Booth often held private meetings

Abraham Lincoln was dead. Her house had been used to plan the murder. The last day of Mary Surratt was upon her. The prison door opened and the convicted people walked in. Mary nearly fainted when she was exposed to the sight of the gallows. Three dug graves and open coffins stared her down. They were marched off to the gallows to be executed. Her case was one of the most controversial during the Civil War times. Was Mary Surratt actually a conspirator in the assassination of Lincoln, or was she just an innocent bystander? I believe that Mary Surratt is guilty, and got caught up in too many lies. I don't believe she should have been executed, but she was indeed guilty. Evidence lies in the fact that she knew about the 'shooting irons',

Some people may say that it was right for Mary Surratt to have been hanged. However, even though she knew about the shooting irons, only one person new about the irons. That

A little over a century ago an atrocious double murder was committed, in the two-half story house at 92 Second Street, in Fall River, Massachusetts. This crime shocked the city of Fall River, as well as the nation, as Lizzie Borden, a 32-year-old Sunday school teacher, went on trial for the murder of her father and her stepmother. (Augustine). An all male jury eventually acquitted her on the accusations.(Aiuto). To this day, the murderer of Andrew J. Borden and Abby Gray Borden is still unknown, but in the public mind everyone believes it was Lizzie Borden.

The Lizzie Borden case has mystified and fascinated those interested in crime forover on hundred years. Very few cases in American history have attracted as much attention as the hatchet murders of Andrew J. Borden and his wife, Abby Borden. The bloodiness of the acts in an otherwise respectable late nineteenth century domestic setting is startling. Along with the gruesome nature of the crimes is the unexpected character of the accused, not a hatchet-wielding maniac, but a church-going, Sunday-school-teaching, respectable, spinster-

1. Explanation: She was determined in tricking the towns people into thinking she was innocent when really she was the one causing all of the trouble.

(64). She believes what the voice faulted her of is morally wrong, yet murdering a child was morally wrong. She knows deep down that she is in fact guilty and just cannot admit it to herself.

Have you ever been so angry you thought about killing your parents with an axe? Well many people think Lizzie Borden did this exact thing. Lizzie Borden was accused of murdering her step mother and father with a hatchet on August 4, 1892. While on trial, the jury found her innocent, but many other people think her to be guilty. I think that Lizzie Borden is innocent of the murder of Andrew and Abby Borden because she loved her father, didn’t have a problem with her stepmother, and there was no physical evidence found at the crime scene. Lizzie Borden was found innocent by law, so why should it be questioned?