A woman who...was a 16-year-old sex trafficking victim when she killed a man in 2004 was granted clemency Monday by Tennessee's governor and will be released from prison.
Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam granted clemency Monday to Cyntoia Brown, who had been serving a life sentence but who will be released on parole on Aug. 7.
"Cyntoia Brown committed, by her own admission, a horrific crime at the age of 16. Yet, imposing a life sentence on a juvenile that would require her to serve at least 51 years before even being eligible for parole consideration is too harsh, especially in light of the extraordinary steps Ms. Brown has taken to rebuild her life," Haslam said in his statement.
Brown will remain on parole supervision for 10 years on the condition she does not violate any state or federal laws, holds a job, and participates in regular counseling sessions. She is now 30 years old...
Cyntoia's Clemency and SURVIVING R KELLY might not be tied together in any way. But I am certain all the talk about men using children for sex, generated by the the R. Kelly documentary on Lifetime didn't hurt.
Black feminists, and other feminists, keeping track of her case and raising her case up was probably one of the keys to her release.
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