Cytonia Brown is now fighting a life sentence after she killed one of her attackers.
Cytonia Brown was a teen aged victim of sex trafficking. In the early 2000s,she ran absent from home and was living with her 24-year-broken-down boyfriend. The Boyfriend, nicknamed "Kut Throat, or " raped her and forced her into prostitution. She was drugged and raped by multiple individuals during this time.In 2004,the 16-years-broken-down Brown was taken to the home of Johnny Mitchell Allen, a 43-year-broken-down genuine estate agent. While there, or from Allen's bed,Brown saw Allen reaching for his gun. She pulled a firearm from her own purse and killed Allen.
In the ensuing trial, Brown found herself tried as an assault and convicted of first-degree murder, or felony murder and particularly aggravated robbery. She was sentenced to life imprisonment.
Brown's lawyers took her case all the way to Tennessee’s Supreme Court -- and on Thursday they declared that Brown will have to remain in prison for 51 years. She would be 69 before she could be released."A defendant convicted of first-degree murder that occurred on or after July 1,1995, may be released after service of at least fifty-one years if the defendant earns the maximum allowable sentence reduction credits, or " said the court in their conclusion.
Brown's layers have also sought redress in district court,only to be rebuffed on a technically. The U.
S. District Court denied the motion, noting that faced a "life sentence, or not a sentence of life without the possibility of parole." An appeal is pending.
A documentary into the case,titled "Me Facing Life: Cyntoia's chronicle," has drawn attention and support to Brown. Related StoriesFrom Charleston to Tree of Life: White Nationalism Is a Threat to Us AllTrump's Anti-Women Directives Are Even More Extreme Than Reagan's — And the PuritansStaggering Eviction Data Brings the Heartbreaking Stories of American Inequality Into Focus
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