The Perfect Victim (2012)
Battered Women Who Kill
82 min
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 Denied the opportunity to enter the abuse into evidence, each of the women represents a system broken by outdated and media-sensationalized stereotypes.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.
- Release date
- January 1, 2012
- Country of origin
- United States
Trailer
Cast
- Jane Aiken as Professor of Law, Georgetown Law School
- Carlene Borden as Self
- Krenda Carlton as Shirley's Daughter
- Cherlyn as Tanya's Cousin and Legal Aid
- Tresea Clinton as Carlene's Daughter
- Colleen Coble as CEO, Missouri Coalition Against Sexual and Domestic Violence
- Donyae as Ruby's Youngest Son
- Gloria as Tanya's Mother
- Patricia Harrison as Ruby Jamerson's Attorney
- Ruby Jamerson as Self
Crew
- Elizabeth Rohrbaugh · Director
- Lindsay Nowak · Producer
- Jerelyn Orlandi · Producer
- Elizabeth Rohrbaugh · Producer
- David Della Santa · Composer
- Dan Miller · Composer
- Kat Westergaard · Cinematographer
- Sarah Devorkin · Editor