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Crime After Crime

"Horribly abused… Wrongfully imprisoned… One signature away from freedom."

2011-07-01
5.7
en 95m
DocumentaryCrime
The story of the battle to free Debbie Peagler, an incarcerated survivor of brutal domestic violence. Over 26 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.

Director

Yoav Potash

Producer

Gail Dolgin

Producer

Yoav Potash

Producer

Melissa Schulman

Music

Jaymee Carpenter

Cinematography

Ben Ferrer

Status

Released

Revenue

$58,840

Countries

  • United States of America

Companies

  • Life Sentence Films

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