The Perfect Victim

The Perfect Victim

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 1, 2012

Runtime

1h 22m

Genres

Documentary

User Score

60%

Original Title

The Perfect Victim

Director

Elizabeth Rohrbaugh

Description

For over thirty years, three women have languished in Missouri State prison under unjust sentences for killing their abusive husbands. Denied the opportunity to enter the abuse into evidence, each of the women represents a system broken by outdated and media-sensationalized stereotypes. When a greater understanding of the "battered" syndrome change legal practices in 2000, Missouri's Governor crafts a new law demanding the parole board reevaluate each woman's case.