Introducing: The Girlfriends: Jailhouse Lawyer
Burden of Guilt
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4.2 • 943 Ratings
🗓️ 19 July 2025
⏱️ 5 minutes
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Summary
What does it mean to be a victim, or a villain? What happens when the line between the two starts to blur? On 7th July 2010, Kelly Harnett says her abusive boyfriend murdered a man right in front of her. So how did she end up in prison for it? Anna Sinfield - the journalist behind the global number 1 podcast, The Girlfriends, returns with her toughest story yet. This series isn’t a whodunnit. It’s not even really about what happened. It’s about how a woman who was a victim of domestic violence became a villain in the eyes of the law. Found guilty of murder and locked up for over a decade; Kelly Harnett taught herself the law. And as she battled to overturn her conviction, she became a beacon of hope, fighting for the freedom of the abused women locked up alongside her.
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| 0:00.0 | When I got to the station, they asked me what I knew about the murder in the park. |
| 0:07.7 | And do you mind telling me how your shoelace got around the victim's neck? |
| 0:17.7 | This is Kelly Harnett. |
| 0:20.4 | Fifteen years ago, she was arrested for murder. |
| 0:23.8 | A murder she says she didn't commit. |
| 0:26.8 | I'm 100% innocent. |
| 0:29.6 | Kelly says it was her violent ex-boyfriend who committed the murder. |
| 0:34.6 | I saw him put the shoelace around the man's neck. So now I realize he really is going to |
| 0:41.0 | kill this man. And that she is just another victim. It was like Kelly was his possession. I think |
| 0:48.4 | she was afraid to walk away from him. I'm scared to death. But police don't believe Kelly. |
| 0:55.2 | So she goes to trial. |
| 0:57.1 | All of us were like, |
| 0:58.4 | oh, you're going to go home. |
| 1:00.6 | But unfortunately, that's not what happened. |
| 1:03.8 | She said she had been found guilty. |
| 1:06.5 | But we're like, how? |
| 1:08.2 | How is that possible? |
| 1:12.5 | That's what I'm hoping to find out. |
| 1:20.1 | I'm Anistonfield, and this is the girlfriend's jailhouse lawyer. |
| 1:23.1 | This show isn't about who done it. |
| 1:25.8 | It's not even really about what happened. |
| 1:30.1 | Whether you think I'm guilty or not, it has no meaning. |
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