In a time when sexual harassment, assault, gender bias and out right abuse against women, especially in the workplace, are on the rise, one woman, who dealt with abuse her entire life, stood up and said Enough! What happens next shook the entire State of Texas and landed her on death row. Her name, Alisa Thompson. Convicted for multiple murders, Alisa’s story is nothing but unique. Born and raised on the Island of Jamaica. Her father died before she was born and her mother abandoned her right after she was born. Left with her grandparents, Alisa had a rough but decent upbringing, thanks to her grandparents. With her entire life spent in the country side, Alisa knew nothing about life beyond her village, but all that changed in the blink of an eye with the reappearance of her mother. At the age of sixteen years old, she traveled to the United States, after being promised a piece of the American dream, little did she know no such thing awaits her. She was conned and forced into being a sex slave.