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Battered Women Who Kill: Commutation and the Framingham Eight
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- Program
- Battered Women Who Kill: Commutation and the Framingham Eight
- Program Description
Domestic violence is on the rise in Boston, prompting serious questions about the effectiveness of police and the courts in protecting women from their batterers. Perhaps the most publicized of these cases involves the "Framingham Eight (8)," a group of women incarcerated in that city's state prison for killing their longtime abusers and who are petitioning for release based on their histories of abuse. This program features a documentary on three of the women, Lisa Becker Grimshaw, Shannon Booker and Elaine Hyde, followed by discussion of domestic violence with police, court, legislative and counseling experts.
- Asset Type
Broadcast program
- Media Type
Video
- Genres
- Documentary
- Talk Show
- Topics
- Women
- Social Issues
- Crime
- Citation
- Chicago: “Battered Women Who Kill: Commutation and the Framingham Eight,” GBH Archives, accessed April 19, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_9503E917F7A248A2BB63B3D03EC9418D.
- MLA: “Battered Women Who Kill: Commutation and the Framingham Eight.” GBH Archives. Web. April 19, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_9503E917F7A248A2BB63B3D03EC9418D>.
- APA: Battered Women Who Kill: Commutation and the Framingham Eight. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_9503E917F7A248A2BB63B3D03EC9418D