
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.

An ex-boyfriend stabbed more than thirty times resulted in Lori being sentenced 40 years to life in prison.

Leslie Demeniuk is sentenced to two life sentences for the murder of her twin sons; Deana Fairchild is sentenced to three life sentences for murder.

The 1993 murder of 19-year-old Dennis Brooks, Jr; a husband shot to death in 2007 due to an argument.

Sisters face conviction for attempted spousal murder despite claims of innocence and hired killer confesses; In separate case, teenage mother and friends kidnap and kill romantic rival.