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The BBC has been criticized for a misleading trailer for the second season of its true crime series Women Kill.

BBC2’s Women Kill was a controversial series when it first aired in early 2021. It featured reenactments of true crimes, including the murder of children and sexual assault. However, the BBC received criticism from viewers who claimed that some of the crimes were being sensationalized and misrepresented. The BBC is now facing similar criticism after releasing a trailer for the second season that implies some of the women featured in it are guilty, despite no verdicts having been reached yet.

The second season will feature women accused or convicted of murder. These include Pamela Smart, who was convicted in 1992 of conspiracy to commit murder; Jodi Arias, who was found guilty in 2013 of murdering her ex-boyfriend; and Amy Bishop, who was charged with killing three colleagues at a university where she worked.

A new trailer released by the BBC shows interviews with these women as well as dramatic reenactments of their alleged crimes. The trailer then cuts to scenes from season one showing women who were found not guilty by juries, before concluding with “it’s time to see if justice is served.”

Why has Women Kill attracted controversy?

“This looks like an ad for Netflix,” wrote one Twitter user in response to a tweet from BBC2 announcing that new episodes would air on October 28th.