The story of the battle to free Debbie Peagler, an incarcerated survivor of brutal home violence. Over 26 years in jail can not crush the spirit of this decided African-American girl, regardless of the injustices she has skilled, first by the hands of a duplicitous boyfriend who beat her and compelled her into prostitution, and later by prosecutors who cornered her right into a life behind bars for her connection to the homicide of her abuser. Her story takes an sudden flip 20 years later when a pair of rookie land-use attorneys minimize their enamel on her case -- and entice international consideration to the troubled intersection of home violence and prison justice.
