Cyntoia Brown, who was sentenced in 2006 for the murder of a Free to a prison sentence of 51 years, has been pardoned. The Governor of the U.S. state of Tennessee, Bill Haslam, explained his decision on Monday so that the penalty for the 30-year-old Cyntoia Brown, was “too harsh”. He called her case a “tragic and complex”.
brown’s case, had acquired some years ago by a documentary wide attention. Numerous celebrities – including actress Ashley Judd, Reality Star Kim Kardashian and singer Rihanna, a place for you.
their supporters Brown described as traumatised victims of human trafficking. She ran away from home and was according to their own information under the control of a violent pimp. He should have to be forced into Prostitution. At the age of 16 years, she shot a Free, formerly a sniper for the army and in his apartment, his weapons, and then brutally between the legs of Steffi shown.
A Jury convicted the young woman for murder to life imprisonment with the stipulation that they should, at the earliest, after 51 years, released from prison. The current pardon brown reasoned, Governor Haslam, you’ve made great efforts to “design your life”.