Three women, imprisoned for over thirty years, had their lives defined by abuse and injustice. Initially denied the right to present evidence of their husbands' abuse, they were each trapped by outdated stereotypes. With the 2000 introduction of the "battered" syndrome, the women's cases were reevaluated, but the notoriously secretive parole board proved to be a formidable obstacle.
Battered Women Who Kill
The documentary "Three Identical Strangers" follows the stories of three women who spent over three decades in a Missouri prison, wrongly accused of murdering their abusive husbands.