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Morbid
Lizzie Halliday

I was going to say.

Morbid
Lizzie Halliday

It kind of feels that way.

Morbid
Lizzie Halliday

But the judge then turned to Carpenter and asked whether he had any additional comments.

Morbid
Lizzie Halliday

He replied, quote, I have nothing further to say.

Morbid
Lizzie Halliday

So with all that out of the way, he returned to Lizzie and sentenced her to death by electricity in the place designated by the state in the week beginning Monday, August 6, 1894.

Morbid
Lizzie Halliday

She was let out of the courtroom quietly.

Morbid
Lizzie Halliday

So I think she was for sure drugged.

Morbid
Lizzie Halliday

Although everyone who had followed the case was certain of Lizzie's guilt and her wrongdoings.

Morbid
Lizzie Halliday

When the verdict and sentence was passed down, there was still like a wave of shock.

Morbid
Lizzie Halliday

Probably due to the fact that she was sentenced to die in the electric chair, which was a first for a woman in New York.

Morbid
Lizzie Halliday

But that wasn't really, like, they didn't think that she shouldn't be held accountable for the murders.

Morbid
Lizzie Halliday

But given her history and behavior, a lot of people assumed she would just be deemed insane and locked away in an institution for the rest of her life.

Morbid
Lizzie Halliday

After all was said and done, it seemed that despite her obvious guilt, the idea of putting such a disturbed woman to death was something that a lot of people were like, I don't know about that.

Morbid
Lizzie Halliday

I get feeling that way, but as I'm sitting here, I'm like, what's worse?

Morbid
Lizzie Halliday

Do you know what I mean?

Morbid
Lizzie Halliday

I know for her, exactly.

Morbid
Lizzie Halliday

But I understand that thought, for sure.

Morbid
Lizzie Halliday

It's the morality of the whole thing.