The Perfect Victim
3.0 |
1h 22min
Released
Documentary
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 Denied the opportunity to enter the abuse into evidence, each of the women represents a system broken by outdated and media-sensationalized stereotypes.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.

Story
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 Denied the opportunity to enter the abuse into evidence, each of the women represents a system broken by outdated and media-sensationalized stereotypes.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.
Directors
Writers
Elizabeth Rohrbaugh,
Tags
Casts
You may like

The Price of Honor
3.2 / 5
movie

Ghost Trail
3.4 / 5
movie

Tomie: Rebirth
3.6 / 5
movie

My Name Is Loh Kiwan
3.7 / 5
movie

Re-Cut
3.3 / 5
movie

1
3.4 / 5
movie

Small Things Like These
3.4 / 5
movie

Hamlet
3.7 / 5
movie

The Rapture
3.4 / 5
movie

The Man from Laramie
3.6 / 5
movie

Due Justice
3.1 / 5
movie

Pimpinero: Blood and Oil
3.1 / 5
movie

The Seed of the Sacred Fig
3.8 / 5
movie

South Park: Joining the Panderverse
3.8 / 5
movie

Mackenna's Gold
3.3 / 5
movie

National Family
3.3 / 5
movie

The Women
3.5 / 5
movie

Lowlifes
3.2 / 5
movie

The War Wagon
3.4 / 5
movie

The Revenge of Frankenstein
3.3 / 5
movie