Investigation Discovery Raises Awareness of Domestic Abuse - Pcm-tv

(PCM) The statistics on domestic violence are frightening. Did you know that one in four women in the US have experienced it? That one in five female high school students in the US are abused by their boyfriend? That almost 8 million women in the US have been raped by a partner? How about that same-sex relationships have similar rates of domestic violence as male-female relationships?

These are daunting statistics and in support of National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Investigation Discovery is hoping to raise awareness by presenting two award-winning documentaries, Telling Amy?s Story and Sin By Silence.

?These films have the power to save lives.? If we all know the signs, and what to do when we suspect domestic violence, we?ll be able to save our sisters, mothers, daughters, and friends from this terrible fate,? Henry Schleiff, president and general manager of ID, spoke to the importance of this programming.

Airing Monday, October 8 at 7/6c, Telling Amy?s Story will be introduced by actress and domestic violence prevention activist Mariska Hargitay of Law & Order: SVU. The documentary creates a timeline leading up to the death of Amy Homan McGee, whose abusive husband shot and killed her while their children waited outside in the car in 2001. Piecing together the testimonies of those who knew Amy, Detective Deirdri Fishel of the State College Police Department?s domestic abuse response team will reveal the early warning signs and missed opportunities that could have saved her while providing viewers with insights on how they can recognize a similar situation.

Sin By Silence tells a much different story. Airing Wednesday, October 24 at 7/6c, the film goes inside the California Institution for Women and introduces viewers to women who were left with no escape but to kill their abusers. Unfortunately, due to a law that deemed evidence of a history of abuse inadmissible in court, these women were tried and sentenced out of context as cold-blooded murderers.

Led by convicted domestic violence survivor Brenda Clubine, these women formed Convicted Women Against Abuse (CWAA) in 1989 to work to spread awareness about domestic abuse and pass legislation that allows evidence of domestic abuse into trials and hearings. When the film first aired on ID, viewer support helped pass several bills in California which allow more incarcerated victims of domestic abuse to have their cases retried under new laws. The film has been updated to reflect these significant changes.

Let?s all do what we can to be informed and aware so that we, too, can know what to do to help save those suffering from domestic violence.

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Telling Amy?s Story airs Monday, October 8 at 7/6c on Investigation Discovery

Sin By Silence airs Wednesday, October 24 at 7/6c on Investigation Discovery

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