The advocacy surrounding the case of Cyntoia Brown — the sex-trafficked teen serving a life sentence for murdering a man who solicited her — might help her obtain early release, a legal expert tells People.
University of Memphis professor Steve Mulroy tells People that Brown — the 29-year-old woman who, at the age of 16, murdered a 43-year-old man — could have her life sentence commuted by this time next year.
The decision to free her rests entirely with Republican Gov. Bill Haslam.
Haslam has been Tennessee’s governor since 2011, and his term in office ends after 2018.
“Usually, a governor will wait until the end...
University of Memphis professor Steve Mulroy tells People that Brown — the 29-year-old woman who, at the age of 16, murdered a 43-year-old man — could have her life sentence commuted by this time next year.
The decision to free her rests entirely with Republican Gov. Bill Haslam.
Haslam has been Tennessee’s governor since 2011, and his term in office ends after 2018.
“Usually, a governor will wait until the end...
- 12/7/2017
- by Chris Harris
- PEOPLE.com
Cyntoia Brown, a Tennessee woman controversially serving a life sentence in prison for murdering a man who solicited her for sex when she was a teenage girl, has been struck by the support she’s received from stars like Kim Kardashian West and Rihanna.
“We were very, very appreciative of the fact that such an incredible number of celebrities would join our plea,” said Brown’s attorney, Charles Bone, according to The New York Times.
Brown was 16 years old in 2004 when she fatally shot 43-year-old real estate agent Johnny Mitchell Allen in the back of his head, according to court documents.
“We were very, very appreciative of the fact that such an incredible number of celebrities would join our plea,” said Brown’s attorney, Charles Bone, according to The New York Times.
Brown was 16 years old in 2004 when she fatally shot 43-year-old real estate agent Johnny Mitchell Allen in the back of his head, according to court documents.
- 11/24/2017
- by Char Adams
- PEOPLE.com
Kim Kardashian West has reportedly enlisted the help of her high-powered attorney to free a sex trafficking survivor who was sentenced to decades in prison for killing a man who solicited her for prostitution as a teen.
Kardashian West is making good on a promise she tweeted earlier this week, vowing to do all she could to help Cyntoia Brown, a 29-year-old woman who was sentenced as an adult at 16 years old for killing Johnny Mitchell Allen, a 43-year-old real estate agent who allegedly solicited sex from her.
Along with Brown, Kardashian West, 37, is looking to help Alice Johnson, a...
Kardashian West is making good on a promise she tweeted earlier this week, vowing to do all she could to help Cyntoia Brown, a 29-year-old woman who was sentenced as an adult at 16 years old for killing Johnny Mitchell Allen, a 43-year-old real estate agent who allegedly solicited sex from her.
Along with Brown, Kardashian West, 37, is looking to help Alice Johnson, a...
- 11/23/2017
- by Char Adams
- PEOPLE.com
She has been behind bars for more than 13 years, but on Monday, interest in the story of Cyntoia Brown was reignited when celebrities like Kim Kardashian West and Rihanna shared a viral post about her controversial case by a filmmaker who made a documentary about it.
Brown, now 29, was a 16-year-old victim of sex trafficking in Tennessee in 2004 when she fatally shot Johnny Mitchell Allen, a 43-year-old real estate agent who solicited sex from her, according to court documents and multiple local reports. Brown — who admitted she killed Allen by shooting him in the back of the head — becomes eligible...
Brown, now 29, was a 16-year-old victim of sex trafficking in Tennessee in 2004 when she fatally shot Johnny Mitchell Allen, a 43-year-old real estate agent who solicited sex from her, according to court documents and multiple local reports. Brown — who admitted she killed Allen by shooting him in the back of the head — becomes eligible...
- 11/22/2017
- by Chris Harris
- PEOPLE.com
Celebrities are calling for the release of Cyntoia Brown, the 29-year-old Tennessee woman who was sentenced to life in prison for killing a man who hired her for sex when she was 16-years-old.
Stars including Kim Kardashian West, Rihanna and Cara Delevingne all took to social media using the viral hashtag #FreeCyntoiaBrown after Brown’s 2004 case once again gained attention.
Kardashian has even asked that her own legal team see if there can be anything done for Brown.
“The system has failed. It’s heart breaking to see a young girl sex trafficked then when she has the courage to...
Stars including Kim Kardashian West, Rihanna and Cara Delevingne all took to social media using the viral hashtag #FreeCyntoiaBrown after Brown’s 2004 case once again gained attention.
Kardashian has even asked that her own legal team see if there can be anything done for Brown.
“The system has failed. It’s heart breaking to see a young girl sex trafficked then when she has the courage to...
- 11/22/2017
- by Karen Mizoguchi
- PEOPLE.com
Hollywood films have always been rife with images of the disabled, frequently casting them as misunderstood pariahs, idiot henchmen, or occasionally malevolent geniuses, filled with wrath at their despised place in the world. But rarely is there anything like Johnny Handsome, a film which deftly avoids making any sort of statement about disability by avoiding making a statement on virtually anything at all, shoehorning its sarcastically named title character into a plot so conventional it’s virtually weightless. In fact, were it not for Mickey Rourke spending half of the movie looking like a grilled cheese sandwich gone terribly wrong, you probably wouldn’t give it a second thought. But the effect of his makeup is so strange, and so belabored upon, that you can’t help but feel that there’s some considerable distance between the intended and the achieved effect, and wonder exactly what the intended effect was.
- 7/29/2010
- by Anders Nelson
- JustPressPlay.net
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