Father and stepmother. In massachusetts. The bookstore in falls river hosted this event. Hello. Good afternoon. Welcome to politics and pros. Thanks for coming out on this very beautiful day. Were very 34r50esed to have Cara Robertson here to talk about her new book the trial of Lizzie Borden. A little housekeeping. Lets take a moment to silence our cell phones. Ill do that, too. We are recording. Cspan is with us today so we dont want any extra noise or interruptions. After cara speaks there will be time for q a so if you have a question youd like to ask her, if you could use this microphone here so we can pick stuff it l of our would be great. We have a lot going on at politics and pros, even at the what were and union market and check it out on our social media. You may enjoy our True Crime Book Group that meets every third tuesday of the month in the coffee house. My name is jenny, im a bookseller here and really glad to introduce Cara Robertson. Shes a lawyer and educated at harva
Many of you know that we have a lot going on here. That, checkop of out our events calendar. Book, are a fan of this you may enjoy our true crime book club. I am a bookseller here. I am glad to introduce our speaker. She is a lawyer. She served as a Legal Advisor to the International Criminal tribunal and was a visiting scholar at stanford law school. She first started researching. He Lizzie Borden story this is her first book. She addresses one of the most infamous murders in American History. It remains a ubiquitous part of american law. Salacious away the and mythologized details and uses primary sources like Court Transcripts and letters to have a total look at the case. [applause] i am not expecting a call. This is just to make sure that i do not talk too long. Much for coming on such a beautiful day. You have been working on a subject as long as i have, there is always the year that you are involved in some kind of intellectual stockholm syndrome. I will give you a little bit of
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Mass. A bunch of us got together and theyre celebrating mass out in the snowstorm. They made an alter out of snow. And during this diffucult situation they say the trip was still worth it. You know, this is an inconvienence, but its certainly, uh. Very minor in compared to the tragedy that we came to protest against. People say it could be hours before traffic gets moving again. However the Pennsylvania National guard dropped off water and food to people who were stranded. While the storm continues in that area of the country, will it stay away from us here in iowa . We have meteorologist Amber Alexander joining us now with a first look at the forecast. Well see continued cloudiness for sunday with temperatures boosting into the middle 30s. The next system will move in on monday bring a chance for rain, freezing drizzle, and snow. Snow totals will be less than 2 in the des moines metro with more possible throughout the northern most counties. Conditions will still be slick and updates