Blind Plea

Published: June 15, 2023, 8 a.m.

b'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?'