
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.

Former law enforcement officer, Courtenay Savage, pled guilty to second-degree attempted murder; Lorri Worley stabs son-in-law to death.

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

Roena Ashing is sentenced to 40 years in prison for enlisting a group of friends to murder a mentally disabled man; Connie Keel is convicted of armed robbery and murder and sentenced to 25 years to life without parole.

Stacey Lannert, from St. Louis, is convicted of murdering her father; Charity White and her boyfriend become involved with a murder in a drug deal gone bad.