
Female prisoners are a lot like honest politicians: they exist but you never really hear about them. This series brings women who kill to the forefront, detailing a specific case in each episode, and then trying to answer the question of why they did what they did.

Celeste Johnson is convicted and sentenced to life in prison; Bernice Ahrens is found guilty of murder and sentenced to 80 years in prison.

Denise Holsinger is jailed for her involvement in the fatal shooting of four people in a Virginia restaurant.

Donna claims she committed her crime in self-defense after stabbing her boyfriend, Charles, 54 times.

Jessica Gentry is sentenced to a life in prison because she didn't help save her adoptive grandmother's life; after refusing a plea bargain, Shannon Buard was convicted of first-degree murder.