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In June of 1987, 19-year-old Susan Greenberg plead guilty to killing her "boyfriend" and was sentenced to twenty-five years to life for first-degree murder. After serving 19 years in prison, Greenberg was one of the first women to test a new state law that allows women convicted of murder to ask a judge for release based on evidence of "Battered Woman Syndrome." This documentary follows her struggle, as viewers see the legal system at work examining the question of how to treat women who kill men that have abused them.
- "In June of 1987, 19-year-old Susan Greenberg plead guilty to killing her "boyfriend" and was sentenced to twenty-five years to life for first-degree murder. After serving 19 years in prison, Greenberg was one of the first women to test a new state law that allows women convicted of murder to ask a judge for release based on evidence of "Battered Woman Syndrome." This documentary follows her struggle, as viewers see the legal system at work examining the question of how to treat women who kill men that have abused them."@en
- "The emotionally charged story of Susan Greenberg who, at 19, killed her abusive boyfriend. After 19 years in prison, she seeks to have her sentence overturned based on a California state law that allows women convicted of murder to ask a judge for release based on evidence of "Battered Woman Syndrome.""@en
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