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In 1995, Kentucky governor Brereton Jones granted parole to ten women who had been convicted of killing, conspiring to kill, or assaulting the men who had abused them for years. The media began referring to them as the ""Sisters in Pain,"" a name they embraced. These are their stories. Linda Elisabeth Beattie and Mary Angela Shaughnessy's interviews of seven of the Sisters in Pain detail the physical, sexual, or psychological abuse they suffered at the hands of their husbands or boyfriends, battery beyond comprehension. Anyone who has ever asked, ""Why don't they just leave?"" will come to und

Justifiable homicide --- Abusive men --- Wife abuse --- Abused women --- Homicide --- Abusive boyfriends --- Abusive fathers --- Abusive husbands --- Batterers, Male --- Male batterers --- Men --- Abuse of wives --- Battering of wives --- Beating of wives --- Wife battering --- Wife beating --- Wives --- Spousal abuse --- Abused wives --- Uxoricide --- Battered women --- Victims of crimes --- Women --- Battered woman syndrome --- Mortality --- Abuse of