On June 20, 1893, a jury filed into a Massachusetts courtroom crammed with reporters from all over the country, and announced a verdict in a case that had gripped the nation for nearly a year. Lizzie Borden, age 32, stood accused of murdering her wealthy father and stepmother with a hatchet.
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