Women Who Kill VIDEO Women who kill are a rare breed. Even rarer is a woman who kills the man she loves. This documentary tells the story of five women who killed their partners. They describe how they endured years of violent sexual and emotional torture before they finally snapped. The program focuses on their intensely personal experiences and on their fight for justice within the British legal system—a legal system very different from America’s and yet identically sexist. The program features the case of Kiranjit Ahzuwahlia, who was jailed for murdering her husband after years of mental and physical abuse. After an intense campaign, she was finally freed, and so her case shows that the courts are prepared to recognize the experience of battered women

Criminology

Women Who Kill

Women who kill are a rare breed. Even rarer is a woman who kills the man she loves. This documentary tells the story of five women who killed their partners. They describe how they endured years of violent sexual and emotional torture before they finally snapped. The program focuses on their intensely personal experiences and on their fight for justice within the British legal system—a legal system very different from America’s and yet identically sexist. The program features the case of Kiranjit Ahzuwahlia, who was jailed for murdering her husband after years of mental and physical abuse. After an intense campaign, she was finally freed, and so her case shows that the courts are prepared to recognize the experience of battered women—or at least this particular case. (51 minutes)

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