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A True Crime anthology centering around women who used poison to kill their victimsHolly McFeeture was sent to prison for slowly poisoning her fiancee by giving him daily doses of antifreeze into his beverages. But did she do it? Wrongful convictions in the United States seem like such a rare occurrence. One might think that if a case has gone to trial, and a jury has made a decision, then the person must be guilty. In a perfect world, the jury would have all the evidence they needed to make a decision beyond a reasonable doubt. However, in 2015, in the United States, a record number of 149 people were exonerated of crimes that they didn't commit. While the number may seem low in comparison to the number of rightful convictions, it was higher than any other year. For a phenomenon that people are sure doesn't happen, it's a staggeringly high number. That's just under 150 people whose lives were put on trial and displaced. When it comes to wrongful convictions, any little detail that is misused or misrepresented to the jury could be a factor. While a person may have committed a crime, if they were not granted a fair trial, it could be considered a wrongful conviction, and a new trial should be granted. When someone is convicted on the word of a key witness, the court and jury must be given all the information they can about that witness. And if something were to be amiss... It changed the entire case. There's controversy around women who kill already. But, there's even more controversy around the idea of a woman who is convicted of murder, but wrongly convicted. Of course, when it comes to things like this, the only people who know the truth are the murderer, and the murdered. We can speculate the details all we want and come up with our own conclusion, but it will be just that: our own conclusion. In the case of Holly McFeeture, there's just enough suspicion for many people to believe that she should be granted a second chance at defending her freedom.