The Girlfriends: Spotlight

Bruna DiBiase is the judge who presided over Kelly’s resentencing. But long before Kelly walked into her courtroom, Judge Bruna’s life had already been touched by tragedy. 

In the first of four bonus episodes, Anna sits down with Bruna and her daughter Lisa- to discover how this mother and daughter found their way back to each other, from opposite sides of the law. 

 

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The Girlfriends: Jailhouse Lawyer is produced by Novel for iHeart Podcasts. For more from Novel, visit https://novel.audio/. 

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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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Law & Order: Criminal Justice System is back with Season Two, turning its focus to a threat that hides in plain sight, harder to predict and even harder to stop: terrorism. Hear the real stories from those who lived it, worked it, and risked everything to confront it.

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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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The Girlfriends: Jailhouse Lawyer is produced by Novel for iHeart Podcasts. For more from Novel, visit https://novel.audio/. 

 

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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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The Girlfriends: Jailhouse Lawyer is produced by Novel for iHeart Podcasts. For more from Novel, visit https://novel.audio/. 

 

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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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The Girlfriends: Jailhouse Lawyer is produced by Novel for iHeart Podcasts. For more from Novel, visit https://novel.audio/. 

 

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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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The Girlfriends: Jailhouse Lawyer is produced by Novel for iHeart Podcasts. For more from Novel, visit https://novel.audio/. 

 

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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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The Girlfriends: Jailhouse Lawyer is produced by Novel for iHeart Podcasts. For more from Novel, visit https://novel.audio/. 

 

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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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The Girlfriends: Jailhouse Lawyer is produced by Novel for iHeart Podcasts. For more from Novel, visit https://novel.audio/. 

 

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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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The Girlfriends: Jailhouse Lawyer is produced by Novel for iHeart Podcasts. For more from Novel, visit https://novel.audio/. 

 

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