Small Sacrifices is a 1989 American made-for-TV movie written by Joyce Eliason and based on the best-selling true crime book by Ann Rule of the same name.
 The film is about Diane Downs and the murder and attempted murder of her three children.
 It stars Farrah Fawcett, Ryan O'Neal, Gordon Clapp, John Shea and Emily Perkins.
 The film premiered on ABC on 12 November 1989.
Claude Frizzel Bloodgood (born Klaus Frizzel Bluttgutt III; July 14, 1937 – August 4, 2001) was a controversial American chess player.
 As a young man, he got into trouble with the law and was arrested several times.
 He was sentenced to death in 1970 after having been convicted of murdering his mother, although this sentence was later commuted to life in prison.
 While in prison, he remained a very active chess player, playing a large number of correspondence games and rated games with other inmates.
 Over time, he achieved a very high ranking in the United States Chess Federation (USCF) by playing in a closed pool, which the federation alleges was due to rating manipulation.
 He died in prison in 2001.
Randall Lee Smith (1954 – May 10, 2008) was a convicted murderer from Pearisburg, Virginia.
 He pleaded guilty to two counts of second-degree murder in the deaths of Robert Mountford Jr. and Laura Susan Ramsay, who were killed while hiking the Appalachian Trail, in May 1981.
 He was sentenced to 30 years in prison, but was released in 1996 on mandatory parole after serving 15 years.
 Both Smith's sentence and his early release were met with anger by the victims' families as well as the hiking community.
 Hikers protested outside the courtroom the day after his sentencing, and a spokesman for the Appalachian Trail Conference said Smith is the "first person convicted of murdering a hiker who has had the opportunity to leave prison".
 His probation ended in 2006.
Louise Peete (September 20, 1880 – April 11, 1947) was a convicted American murderer.
 Peete was first convicted of murdering wealthy mining engineer Jacob C. Denton in 1920 and was sentenced to life in prison.
 She was paroled in April 1939.
 In May 1945, she was convicted of murdering her employer, Margaret Logan, and sentenced to death.
 She was executed in April 1947 making her the second, and one of only four women, to be executed in the California gas chamber.
Michael Kanaan (born 23 May 1975) is a Lebanese Australian triple murderer from Sydney, New South Wales, currently serving three sentences of life imprisonment plus 50 years and 4 months without the possibility of parole, for the murder of three people and other offences, all committed in Sydney between 17 July 1998 and 22 December 1998.
 In the drama series he was portrayed by actor Ryan Corr.
Randy Roth is a convicted murderer and thief from Washington.
 He was convicted of the 1991 murder of his fourth wife, Cynthia Baumgartner Roth.
 He was suspected but never tried for murdering his second wife, Janis Roth, in 1981.
 In both deaths he was the only witness, he claimed the activity that led to the death was the idea of his deceased wife, and the bodies were cremated as quickly as could be arranged.
 He was also convicted of stealing in the form of defrauding insurers and the Social Security Administration and was sentenced to one year for theft and 50 years for first degree murder in 1992.
 At least two true crime books are based on Roth's crimes, "A Rose for Her Grave" by Ann Rule and "Fatal Charm" by Carlton Smith.
Elizabeth Diane Frederickson Downs (born August 7, 1955) is an American woman convicted of the May 1983 murder of her daughter, and the attempted murder of her other two children.
 Following the shooting, Downs told police a stranger had attempted to carjack her and had shot the children.
 She was convicted in 1984 and sentenced to life in prison plus 50 years.
Gary Lee Triano (November 6, 1943–November 1, 1996) was a millionaire real estate developer from Tucson, Arizona who was killed in Catalina Foothills by a pipe bomb explosion in his Lincoln Town Car on November 1, 1996.
 His former wife, Pamela Anne Phillips, a one-time [[model model, real estate agent and socialite, was charged with orchestrating her ex-husband's death.
 In a sensational trial nearly 18 years after Triano's murder, Phillips was convicted of [[first-degree murder]] and [[conspiracy to commit murder]] and was sentenced to [[life in prison]].
 Phillips, who is now incarcerated at the [[Arizona State Prison Complex - Perryville]], claims that Triano's death was a [[Mobbing|mob]] revenge killing.
 Ronald Young, who was hired by Phillips as a [[contract killing|hit man]], also was convicted and sentenced to life in prison.
Clayton Anthony Fountain (September 12, 1955 – July 12, 2004) was a federal prisoner, member of the Aryan Brotherhood, and convicted murderer.
 Clayton was born on September 12, 1955, at the U.S. Army Hospital in Fort Benning, Georgia.
 Clayton was the oldest of six children, having one brother and four sisters, and was named after his father, Clayton Raleigh Fountain.
 The family moved every 1½ to 2 years.
 While his father served combat tours in Korea and Vietnam and his mother was working, Clayton, as the oldest child in family, became a surrogate for both parents when he was very young.
 He recalled maternal responsibilities for cooking, ironing, serving, cleaning, and caring for his young siblings.
 It was the male/paternal role, however, for which his father had carefully trained him.
 While serving in the Marines, he was convicted of murdering his staff sergeant in 1974, while stationed in the Philippines.
 He was sentenced to life imprisonment, and was ultimately sent to the United States Penitentiary, Marion, which was at the time the highest-security prison in the nation.
 Fountain used his military training to murder three prisoners and one correctional officer with a homemade knife while serving time at Marion, and was labeled the "Most Dangerous Prisoner" in the federal system.
Dena Thompson (born 1960) is a former confidence trickster and bigamist.
 She habitually met men through lonely hearts columns and stole their money.
 She is currently in prison for murdering former BT Manager Julian Webb.
 She was acquitted of the attempted murder of a second man, Robert Thompson, and is also suspected of murdering an ex-boyfriend.
 She was sentenced to 16 years in prison at the age of 43.
 She was also convicted of stealing from and defrauding her former lovers.
 Following her conviction Detective Chief Inspector Martyn Underhill, stated: "This woman is every man's nightmare, the most dangerous woman I have ever met.
 For a decade, she has targeted men sexually, financially and physically.
 The men of Britain can sleep safe tonight knowing she has been taken off the streets."
 A judge described her as:

Question: WHen did the film convicted in 1984 and sentenced to life in prison plus 50 years for murdering her daughter premier?
Answer: 12 November 1989