![]() ![]() Following Brown's birth, Mitchell began to use crack cocaine. Brown's defense attorneys would later claim that this caused her to develop fetal alcohol spectrum disorder. Her biological mother, Georgina Mitchell, drank alcohol during her pregnancy. Her fight for freedom from prison is documented in the Netflix special Murder to Mercy: The Cyntoia Brown Story (2020).Ĭyntoia Denise Brown was born at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, on January 29, 1988. Her story is detailed in the 2011 documentary Me Facing Life: Cyntoia's Story and in her memoir, Free Cyntoia: My Search for Redemption in the American Prison System. After renewed interest in her case in 2013, Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam commuted her original sentence to 15 years and Brown was released on August 7, 2019. She would have been eligible for parole at the age of 67. Brown was found guilty of robbing and murdering Allen and was sentenced to life imprisonment. Prosecutors argued that Brown killed Allen while he was sleeping in order to rob him. Brown, who was a victim of child sex trafficking at the time of the incident, claimed that Johnny Allen had paid her $150 to have sex with him, and that she feared for her life during their encounter, leading her to shoot him. Cyntoia Brown Long (née Brown born January 29, 1988) is an American author and speaker who was convicted of murder and robbery at the age of 16. ![]()
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