Episode 6: Thanks, Gentlemen
Helen is sent to prison for the death of her husband. Around the country, people object to her sentence and the way she’s treated in court. In the isolation of prison, Helen wonders whether she’s done...
7 Nov 202331min
Episode 5: The Battered Woman Defence
The 1987 case of Angelique Lavallee provides a roadmap for the “battered woman defence.” Canada’s first female Supreme Court justice, Bertha Wilson, attempts to expose systemic sexism in the justice s...
31 Okt 202331min
Episode 4: Responsibility Pie
Helen is interrogated by police officers who say they understand the abuse she’d been living with, and know that something had to happen for her to get free. Someone she loves has betrayed her. Her li...
24 Okt 202337min
Episode 3: All Hell Breaks Loose
Wes Naslund talks about growing up with his father. Miles Naslund is reported missing, but no one seems to care he’s gone. Helen and her family live with a haunting secret. One day in 2017, almost exa...
17 Okt 202331min
Episode 2: Helen in Hell
Helen Naslund speaks from prison for the first time. Helen describes how she met and married Miles, and the only time she tried to leave. Early one morning in September 2011, two gunshots crack throug...
10 Okt 202341min
Episode 1: The Ticking Time Bomb
Wes Naslund gets a phone call from his brothers at the farm. Friends and family describe the domestic abuse they suspect was going on in the Naslund house. A fight at the bar leaves Miles seriously in...
10 Okt 202334min
Introducing: In Her Defence
The first two episodes of In Her Defence will be released on October 10th. Follow now so you don’t miss a new episode.Theme song, “The Fighter,” by Jenn Grant.If you’re experiencing intimate partner v...
18 Sep 20232min
