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January 8, 2019

TN Gov. Haslam Grants Clemency to Sex Trafficking Survivor Cyntoia Brown
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Republican Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam granted full clemency to
Cyntoia Brown Monday, after she had served 15 years in prison and after
months of intense public pressure and outrage over her case. Brown was
sentenced to life in prison after being convicted of first-degree murder
for shooting her rapist as a teenager. She was sexually trafficked and
repeatedly abused and drugged. The shooting happened when Brown was just
16 years old, but she was tried as an adult. Brown, who is now 30 years
old, is set to be released in August.


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