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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCyntoia Brown Will Serve 51-Year Sentence For Killing Her Alleged Assailant
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/cyntoia-brown-serve-51-sentence-180000924.htmlCyntoia Brown was 16 and a victim of sex trafficking when she was arrested for killing the man who allegedly solicited her for sex, Johnny Allen. In her defense, she says she believed he was reaching for his gun to kill her. However, Tennessees Supreme Court clarified an earlier ruling that she must remain in prison for 51 years before she is eligible for release.
The state Supreme Courts response comes after a lawsuit was filed claiming Browns life sentence is unconstitutional based on a previous Supreme Court ruling that said sentencing a minor to a mandatory life sentence was against the Constitution. Only 20 states and the District of Columbia have banned life without parole for minors. Tennessee is not one of those states; there, people convicted of first-degree murder can only be released from prison after serving at least 51 years of their 60-year sentence. A U.S. District Court in Tennessee noted that her sentence was different because she received a life sentence, not a sentence of life without the possibility of parole.
The Womens March, Kim Kardashian West, Rihanna, and LeBron James have all publicly supported Browns release, funded legal support, and used her case to shed light on a larger need for prison reform and the systematic racism ingrained in our justice system. The system has failed. Its heartbreaking to see a young girl sex trafficked then when she has the courage to fight back is jailed for life! We have to do better & do whats right. Ive called my attorneys yesterday to see what can be done to fix this, Kardashian tweeted.
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Cyntoia Brown Will Serve 51-Year Sentence For Killing Her Alleged Assailant (Original Post)
Guy Whitey Corngood
Dec 2018
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sakabatou
(42,176 posts)1. That's fucked up
ck4829
(35,091 posts)2. If only she was rich, then she could have had affluenza and been too rich
to know the difference between right and wrong.
fleur-de-lisa
(14,628 posts)3. Or White. Rich or white.
KentuckyWoman
(6,696 posts)4. I don't mean to be a jackass but
Couldn't Kanye call up Trump and get a pardon - or Kim's lawyers or whoever?
As much as I hate the Dumpster we may as well get one decent thing out of the Kanye, Trump association.
In all seriousness....