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“You can’t really make memories on a phone.” (Final Part)
How Kerry King’s children became collateral damage in a system that incarcerates women for their abuser’s crimes.
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“It was like my life was over. Like I’m not gonna see my kids grow up” (Part 7)
The jury delivers the devastating verdict in the case of a battered woman on trial for her abuser’s crimes.
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How Prosecutor’s Weaponized a Battered Woman’s Abuse Against Her (Part 6)
She wanted to tell her side of the story, but prosecutors said her abuse proved she was a bad mother.
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She Tried to Get Help. Now She’s Facing Decades in Prison (Part 5)
Kerry King says she tried to reach out for help, but that didn’t stop prosecutors from painting her as a willing accomplice.
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How a Law You’ve Never Even Heard of Locks Up Women For Other People’s Violence (Part 4)
The fourth part of this series does a deep dive into how failure-to-protect laws end up incarcerating abuse survivors like Kerry King.
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Her Partner Abused Her, Now She’s Sitting Behind Bars For His Crimes (Part 3)
“I wanted somebody to love me so bad, I didn’t care how they treated me,” says Kerry King, who was sentenced to thirty years in prison for her abuser’s crimes.
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How A Black Mother Ended-up Getting More Jail Time Than Her Abuser (Part 2)
Part two of this series investigates how Kerry King received more jail time than the man who abused her daughter.
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She Never Hurt Her Kids. So Why Is a Mother Serving More Time Than the Man Who Abused Her Daughter? (Part 1)
The first story in an eight-part series on how failure-to-protect laws are incarcerating women all over the country – for other people’s violence.
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