Lizzie had what was considered at the time a Legal Dream Team, consisting of, I believe, former state Supreme Court judge and well known politicians.
Much evidence was not permitted at the trial, like the fact that she had tried to purchase poison at a local drug store a few days prior to the murder. Also, her father had to make good to a local store owner who had bagged her shop lifting...
The house in Fall River was recently up for sale. It had been used previously as a Bed and Breakfast. Price range upwards of 1 million...