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In 2017, Deven Grey claimed self-defense when she shot and killed her abusive partner in a remote trailer in rural Alabama. Instead of freedom, she was handed a \u201cblind plea\u201d \u2013 an option to take an unknown sentence in exchange for pleading guilty. Deven\u2019s 15-year sentence became the final link in a chain of generational trauma, coercive control, and a broken justice system. How did this academic star from Baltimore wind up in Alabama, living under a false name, trapped with a violent boyfriend, and no way out\n\nFrom the makers of \u201cBelieve Her\u201d comes the ten-part podcast \u201cBlind Plea\u201d from Lemonada. Host Liz Flock asks who do we believe, and why? And in America, who has the right to self-defense and a fair trial?