Struggling to adjust to life outside of prison, Kelly tries to start fresh.  

And Anna discovers that while her story is nearly over, for Kelly… it’s only just the beginning. 

 

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Years into her incarceration, with a decade left to serve… a new law might finally give Kelly, and some of her inmate clients, a chance at freedom.

But for some, it might have come too late. 

 

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Reeling from the jury’s verdict, Kelly searches for the strength to keep fighting in a new maximum security prison. 

 

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Kelly’s case finally goes to trial and the prosecution throws everything they have at her. How can she convince a jury that, not only is she not guilty but that she’s a victim too?

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Stuck in Rikers Island Jail, Kelly forms a family of women who’ve been through hell, just like her. But she’s got enemies too. 

And as she studies for her case, she begins to discover that the law… just might be the greatest love of her life.

 

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In 2010, a traumatised Kelly sits in a police cell and reckons with the horrors of the previous night.

Years later, Anna tries to make sense of the night of the murder and discovers that some of the accounts aren’t adding up.

 

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Anna traces a path back through Kelly’s turbulent life to answer the question: how did she get here?

 

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Meet Kelly Harnett. She’s a loving sister, a childhood gymnast and an aspiring DJ.

And, according to the justice system; she’s also a murderer. 

Anna travels to New York to meet Kelly, and to try and figure out how a victim of domestic violence became a villain in the eyes of the law. 

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What does it mean to be a victim, or a villain? What happens when the line between the two starts to blur? 

On 7th July 2010, Kelly Harnett says her abusive boyfriend murdered a man right in front of her. 

So how did she end up in prison for it?

Anna Sinfield - the journalist behind the global number 1 podcast, The Girlfriends, returns with her toughest story yet. 

This series isn’t a whodunnit. It’s not even really about what happened. It’s about how a woman who was a victim of domestic violence became a villain in the eyes of the law. 

Found guilty of murder and locked up for over a decade; Kelly Harnett taught herself the law. And as she battled to overturn her conviction, she became a beacon of hope, fighting for the freedom of the abused women locked up alongside her.

 

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When Nadya Tolokonnikova saw her country Russia change under President Vladimir Putin’s authoritarian regime, she knew she had to do something. 

She started the iconic ski-mask-wearing art protest collective Pussy Riot. On February 21st, 2012, they performed their anti-Putin protest song, Punk Prayer, in a Moscow church, launching Nadya into overnight activist fame… and a prison labour camp.

 

We want YOUR stories for our Girlfriends hotline! Did your bestie ever bail you out of an awful date with a fake emergency phone call? Or show up on your doorstep with three weeks’ worth of lasagne when you’d just had a baby? Or sit with you in solidarity while you grieved the loss of a beloved grandparent? We want stories that are big or small, meaningful or silly.

Record yours as a voice memo (under 90 seconds) and email to [email protected]. Please don’t include your own name or anyone else’s real names.

 

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