Cyntoia Brown was sentenced to life with the possibility of parole after 51 years for the first-degree murder of Johnny Allen, a man who solicited her for sex when she was only 16-years-old. In this episode, we examine the mitigating circumstances that support the effort to grant Cyntoia clemency.

Sources:

Me Facing Life: Cyntoia’s Story – 2010 Documentary

https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/07/us/tennessee-cyntoia-brown-granted-clemency/index.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/01/07/cyntoia-brown-sentenced-life-teenager-will-be-set-free-this-is-what-she-had-say/?utm_term=.3bc3992162e1

https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2018/12/219015/cyntoia-brown-case-facts-real-story

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/who-was-cyntoia-brown-convicted-of-killing-a-look-at-johnny-allen/ar-BBRWzpD

https://www.newsweek.com/cyntoia-brown-heres-why-teen-was-sentenced-life-after-claiming-she-was-sex-718766