http://www.people.com/people/archive...088845,00.html
So if you don't remember the movie, there is also a book with the same title, This is the real Francine Hughes, who got tired of her husband beating her so she set the bed he was sleeping in on fire, she was found not guilty by reason of temporary insanity and helped changed the way domestic abuse cases were handled, this happened in 1977.
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=12947080
http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/s...ence/16224277/