The trial of Lizzie Borden

"The Trial of Lizzie Borden" tells the true story of one of the most sensational murder trials in American history. Everyone--rich and poor suffragists and social conservatives legal scholars and laypeople--had an opinion about her guilt or innocence. Cara Robertson explores the stories Lizzie Borden's culture wanted and expected to hear and how those stories influenced the debate inside and outside of the courtroom.