For over thirty years, three women have languished in Missouri State prison under unjust sentences for killing their abusive husbands. Denied the opportunity to enter the abuse into evidence, each of the women represents a system broken by outdated and media-sensationalized stereotypes. When a greater understanding of the "battered" syndrome change legal practices in 2000, Missouri's Governor crafts a new law demanding the parole board reevaluate each woman's case.
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- Released
- Production
- Golden Hawk Pictures, Pilot Productions
Keywords
- homicide
- missouri
- women's prison
- domestic abuse
- female prisoner
- domestic violence
- physical abuse
- life sentence
- stereotype
- abusive husband
- criminal justice
- mental abuse
- murder of husband
- battered women
- battered wife syndrome
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Elizabeth Rohrbaugh · Director
Daniel Miller · Composer
David Della Santa · Composer
Kat Westergaard · Cinematographer
Sarah Devorkin · Editor
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