This is based upon a true story, so you know the ending before it starts. However, the fact that the makers of the film have put together a totally believable cast, headed by Tuesday Weld. This is NOT entertainment! This is a truthful portrayal of a piece of American legal history that without proof or any real evidence a woman gets sent to jail for killing her kids. The police don't like her lifestyle and how they get a conviction is seriously open to question and highly immoral. The performances by all had me riveted. You might only watch it once - but surely a concern that when folk dislike your lifestyle they will go to any lengths to make the pieces fit a jigsaw they are trying to put together. Likely this was a total injustice-but who actually cared?