He Sexually Abused Her at 16, Now She Faces A Life Sentence for Killing Him

Cyntonia Brown

*Many people are wondering how this happened. How does a woman who killed the man who sexually abused her as a child, get life in prison? And as we speak, a  MoveOn.org campaign has gathered more than 49,100 of their 50,000 signatures goal, calling for the release of 25-year-old Cyntonia Brown.

You may have seen the 2011 documentary, Me Facing Life: Cyntonia’s Story, developed by the founder of End Slavery Tennessee, Derri Smith. The film walks us through Cyntonia’s story.

Smith says about Brown, “She did kill someone, she deeply regrets it, but she was a child and she was being exploited.”

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