Toni Jo Henry was a beautiful young woman who had a hopeless life working in a brothel until she met and married a criminal named "Cowboy" Henry. When her new husband was arrested for killing a cop, Toni Jo devised a plan to spring him out of jail with her sidekick Arkie Burks. But their plan backfired when they were caught by the police soon after highjacking a car and killing the driver. They were both sentenced to death, but only Toni Jo remains behind in the court house, guilty for falsely accusing Arkie of killing the motorist all those years ago