CRIME AFTER CRIME - DVD

Details

• Release Year: 2011
• Genre: Documentary, Biography, Crime
• Plot: The story of the battle to free Debbie Peagler, an incarcerated survivor of brutal domestic violence. Over 20 years in prison cannot crush the spirit of this determined African-American woman, despite the injustices she has experienced, first at the hands of a duplicitous boyfriend who beat her and forced her into prostitution, and later by prosecutors who cornered her into a life behind bars for her connection to the murder of her abuser. Her story takes an unexpected turn two decades later when a pair of rookie land-use attorneys cut their teeth on her case -- and attract global attention to the troubled intersection of domestic violence and criminal justice.
• Cast: Deborah Peagler, Joshua Safran, Nadia Costa
• Director: Yoav Potash
• Runtime: 95 min
• Media Format: movie