The documentary What Jennifer Did debuted on April 10 and is the number one movie on Netflix this week. The story involves Jennifer Pan, who hired a hitman to take out her parents in Ontario in 2010. Whether or not you've seen the documentary yet, you'll want to read a rundown of the case here, with a look into the possible motives behind Jennifer's actions.
But you still don't have the whole story. The movie ends with the news that Jennifer and her three co-defendants (one is deceased) had their murder convictions thrown out in 2023 and are awaiting retrial! What? The grounds for the appeal that overturned the trial results, which leads to an odd coda in the story, are some pretty arcane legal points that Vox details for us. They are still in prison, as the conviction for the attempted murder of her father, who survived the attack with permanent injuries, was not overturned.