Cyntoia Brown was sentenced to life in prison at age 16 for a 2004 murder. After public outcry, former Gov. Bill Haslam commuted her sentence.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Cyntoia Brown will leave the Tennessee Prison for Women next week after serving 15 years of a life sentence for the 2004 murder of a Nashville real estate agent.
Next week, Brown will finally have the chance to decide how to tell her own story, on her own terms. She declined through her attorneys to comment for this story. At 16, Brown was given a life sentence. In Tennessee, a sentence of life requires a minimum 51 years behind bars before being considered for parole. Tennessee has the longest minimum sentence in the country for teens and adults who receive a life sentence.
She has served as a mentor and advocate for women in prison, herding reluctant female inmates into college classes and leading efforts to bring in education programs for those with limited English, Watkins said. Efforts in Tennessee to reform sentencing laws for children have thus far failed to pass the Legislature for the last two consecutive years.
After her release, Brown returned home for a short time, before she ran away. In Nashville she met a 24-year-old man nicknamed"Kut Throat." Brown said he forced her to work as a prostitute, and physically and sexually abused her. The night she killed Allen, Kut Throat sent her out to make money by selling sex, Brown said.
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