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The Physics That Let Lizzie Borden Walk Free
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In 1892, a wealthy but famously frugal man and his wife were hacked to death in a cramped house in Fall River, Massachusetts. The daughter, Lizzie Borden, was the only serious suspect, yet a jury acquitted her in under an hour.
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