The Mother Trap
Investigative documentary
Roles:
He abused her child and got 18 years in prison. She didn’t and got 30 years in prison. This is failure to protect.
Kerry King was stuck in an abusive relationship, but her nightmare had just begun. One night in 2015, her boyfriend John lashed out at her 4-year-old daughter, leaving the girl covered in bruises and cuts. Tipped off by a worker in the neighborhood, the cops arrested John. And then they came back for Kerry.
After more than a year in jail and a brutal trial in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Kerry was sentenced to 30 years in prison—12 more years than John, the man who had assaulted her and her daughter. How did this happen?
Reported with Samantha Michaels for Mother Jones, where you can read her original feature article.
Kerry King was stuck in an abusive relationship, but her nightmare had just begun. One night in 2015, her boyfriend John lashed out at her 4-year-old daughter, leaving the girl covered in bruises and cuts. Tipped off by a worker in the neighborhood, the cops arrested John. And then they came back for Kerry.
After more than a year in jail and a brutal trial in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Kerry was sentenced to 30 years in prison—12 more years than John, the man who had assaulted her and her daughter. How did this happen?
Reported with Samantha Michaels for Mother Jones, where you can read her original feature article.
Publisher: Mother Jones
Release: 2022
Release: 2022