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Directed by: Yoav Potash
Country:
United States
Runtime: 1hr 29min
Year: 2011
Last Screened:
Thu 15th Dec 2011
The inspiring story of the legal battle to free Deborah Peagler, beginning two decades after she was sentenced to life for murdering the man who abused her.
A pair of attorneys with incontrovertible evidence set out to free Deborah Peagler. Instead they uncover a corrupt core at the very heart of the criminal justice system. Deborah was brutally abused by her boyfriend, then sentenced to life for her connection to his murder.
20 years later, California state law changed to allow cases of crimes triggered by domestic abuse cases to be reopened. Consummately crafted, the film follows this emotional 8 year struggle for the truth.