The Tennessee Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that Cyntoia Brown, who was 16 years old when she killed a man who solicited her for sex, must serve 51 years in prison
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The Tennessee Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that Cyntoia Brown, who was 16 years old when she killed a man who solicited her for sex, must serve 51 years in prison before being eligible for release.
The five-justice court said Brown and other defendants who have been convicted of first-degree murder after July 1,1995, and then sentenced to life in prison can’t become eligible for release until they serve more than five decades in prison, CNN reported.
Brown’s case last year caught the attention of high profile Hollywood stars, including Rihanna and Kim Kardashian, who used their social media platforms to protest the life sentence Brown was handed.
Brown said she shot and killed her victim, 43-year-old Johnny Mitchell Allan, after she resisted his advances, and after she believed he was reaching for a gun. She then took a gun out of her purse and shot and killed Allan.
