
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.

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

Patricia Johnson is found guilty in 1991 of the shooting death of her third husband; Rebecca Bivens is serving 40 years for fatally beating her five-year-old stepdaughter.

Natasha and her friends are charged with murder after trying to carjack a family's van; LaSonya stabs her boyfriend in their Florida apartment.

Cantu was sentenced to 20 years in prison for the fatal stabbing of her lover; Hendricks found not guilty by reason of insanity.