Women Behind Bars

Deborah Rolle & Gena Shaughnessy (Season 2, Episode 4)

TV-14

TV Episode | 42 min | Documentary

A woman who fatally shot her ex-husband while their children played in the next room claims self-defense. A cognitively impaired woman and her boyfriend are convicted in the stabbing death of her estranged husband. She claims innocence.

Director

Richard Swindell

Writers

Kurt Porter | Kelly Rockwell

Producers

Kurt Porter | Kelly Rockwell

Editors

Adam Clark | Kurt Porter

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Edit Released

Updated Apr 28, 2009

Release date

Apr 28, 2009 (United States)

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23 cast members

Name	Known for
Ashley Crary Narrator (voice) Narrator (voice) See fewer	Women Behind Bars (2008)
Deborah Rolle Self - Murderer Self - Murderer See fewer	Women Behind Bars (2008)
Stephanie Flood Self - Deborah Rolle's Sister Self - Deborah Rolle's Sister See fewer	Women Behind Bars (2008)
Mary Brown Self - Deborah Rolle's Friend Self - Deborah Rolle's Friend See fewer	Women Behind Bars (2008)
Lanna Belohlavek Self - Prosecutor Self - Prosecutor See fewer	Women Behind Bars (2008)
John Cahill Self - Deborah Rolle's Current Husband Self - Deborah Rolle's Current Husband See fewer	Women Behind Bars (2008)
Fred Susaneck Self - Defense Attorney Self - Defense Attorney See fewer	Women Behind Bars (2008)
Gena Shaughnessy Self - Murderer Self - Murderer See fewer	Women Behind Bars (2008)
Ruthie Keefner Self - Gena Shaughnessy's Sister Self - Gena Shaughnessy's Sister See fewer	Women Behind Bars (2008)
Denise Streff Self - Assistant Public Defender Self - Assistant Public Defender See fewer	Women Behind Bars (2008)
Raleigh McGee Self - Gena Shaughnessy's Father Self - Gena Shaughnessy's Father See fewer	Women Behind Bars (2008)
Dolores Barrett Self - Gena Shaughnessy's Neighbor Self - Gena Shaughnessy's Neighbor See fewer	Women Behind Bars (2008)
Beth Miner Self - Assistant Public Defender Self - Assistant Public Defender See fewer	Women Behind Bars (2008)
Tom Cepeda Self - Chicago Police Department (as Detective Tom Cepeda) Self - Chicago Police Department (as Detective Tom Cepeda) See fewer	Women Behind Bars (2008)
Michael Hughes Self - Chicago Police Department (as Det. Michael Hughes) Self - Chicago Police Department (as Det. Michael Hughes) See fewer	Women Behind Bars (2008)
Adam Katz Self - Chicago Police Department (as Detective Adam Katz) Self - Chicago Police Department (as Detective Adam Katz) See fewer	Women Behind Bars (2008)
Pamela Leeming Self - Assistant Public Defender Self - Assistant Public Defender See fewer	Women Behind Bars (2008)
Allen Aganovic Self - Murder Victim / Deborah Rolle's Ex-Husband (archive footage) Self - Murder Victim / Deborah Rolle's Ex-Husband (archive footage) See fewer
Ted Belcher Reenactment - Richard Shaughnessy Reenactment - Richard Shaughnessy See fewer	Women Behind Bars (2008)
Sophia Easley Reenactment - Deborah Rolle Reenactment - Deborah Rolle See fewer	Vallerina
Serena Orrego Reenactment - Gena Shaughnessy Reenactment - Gena Shaughnessy See fewer	The Map (2011)
Nathan Sikes Reenactment - Allen Aganovic Reenactment - Allen Aganovic See fewer	42 (2013)
Matthew L. Sobel Reenactment - James Gusich Reenactment - James Gusich See fewer	This Is 40 (2012)