
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.

How greed and passion led three women to betray the men they love.

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

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

Dawn Amos was partly responsible for killing a guard as she escaped jail. Lourdes Valdes Fuerte shot her husband after he issued her with divorce papers.