After reports that Cyntoia Brown would be released from prison came out thousands of people rejoiced! Jacque Reid goes Inside Her Story with two women who have been fighting for her for years, Ashlee Henderson and Brittney Pascal. Just before Christmas it was announced that Governor Bill Haslam granted clemency to a group of people, […]
Cyntoia Brown, a woman serving a life sentence for killing a man who bought her for sex when she was 16-years-old, has been granted clemency by Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam, CNN reports. Brown, who is now 30, will reportedly be released to parole supervision on August 7 after serving 15 years in prison. “This decision […]
When Cyntoia Brown was 16-years-old she was forced into sex trafficking; and she shot and killed a man who she says threatened her life. Jacque Reid goes Inside Her Story with Ashlee Henderson and Brittney Pascal who have been working tirelessly to bring Brown home! Just yesterday Governor Bill Haslam granted clemency for 11 people […]
By now you’ve probably heard the story of Cyntoia Brown, but if not here’s a summary. Brown was forced into prostitution as a teenager and killed a man in self defense at 16. She was sentenced to life and the supreme court just ruled that she has to serve 51 years before she’ll be eligible […]
I have three very different stories of injustice this morning, but all three of them have a common thread – of people abusing their power and privilege. The three stories would seem to be unrelated, but I assure you they aren’t. First off, I need to give you some important facts and updates about the […]
Celebs like Rihanna and Kim Kardashian, as well as others have been fighting for a woman named Cyntoia Brown. Brown, who was 16 at the time of her arrest, is fighting a life sentence for killing a man she says abused her. In 2004 Brown killed Johnny Mitchell Allen who she says solicited her for sex after […]
CINCINNATI (AP) — Federal appeals judges said Thursday they’re considering asking the Tennessee Supreme Court to clarify whether a woman serving a life sentence for killing a man when she was 16 can ever gain parole. The three-judge 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel heard arguments Thursday in the case of Cyntoia Brown, who […]
She was only 16 years old when she was tried as an adult.
Cyntoia Brown, the Nashville woman serving life for killing a man who picked her up for sex while she was being pimped as a teenager, will receive a clemency hearing that could lead to her release, officials said on Thursday, according to the New York Times. It will be her first clemency hearing since she […]
The intricate layers of the juvenile courts system have failed yet another Black woman. Cyntoia Brown was tried as an adult and sentenced to 51 years in prison for the murder of a 43-year-old man who purchased her for sex. Now at age 28, a recent documentary about her case is steadily gaining traction, forcing […]
Cyntoia Browan has spent the last 13 years of her life in jail. She deserves a second chance.
