Cults, Gangs & God (2018)
Ben Zand investigates the controversial case of Evelyn Hernandez, a Salvadoran teenager sexually assaulted by a gang member and then jailed for 30 years for having a miscarriage.
El Salvador has some of the harshest abortion laws in the world, with all forms of abortion being punished and cases of miscarriages and still births often being considered abortions. Women can be sentenced for up to 40 years for having one. In the case of Evelyn, her supporters say she has been wrongly imprisoned after having a miscarriage, with her opponents on the other side saying she killed her child. Ben speaks to the people who know the case best.
Watch the full film here.
UPDATE: In August 2019 Evelyn Hernandez was cleared of murder during a retrial - please read more here.
Shooting Producer/Director - Sebastien Rabas & Benjamin Lister
Producer - Juan Carlos
Producer/Presenter - Ben Zand
Editor - Benjamin Barfoot
Production Manager - Katie Spedding
Executive Producer - Mike Radford
