She succumbed to a glamorous lifestyle while sending taunting letters to the detectives on her trail.
She was eventually betrayed, caught, and handed the longest sentence ever given for white collar crime, but used her brains to get herself out of prison twice – first by a daring escape and the next time by studying law.
She's also a domestic abuse survivor, dated horrible men, and navigated the challenges of motherhood while in prison.
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