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But the judge then turned to Carpenter and asked whether he had any additional comments.
He replied, quote, I have nothing further to say.
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.
Although everyone who had followed the case was certain of Lizzie's guilt and her wrongdoings.
When the verdict and sentence was passed down, there was still like a wave of shock.
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.
But that wasn't really, like, they didn't think that she shouldn't be held accountable for the murders.
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.
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.
I get feeling that way, but as I'm sitting here, I'm like, what's worse?