Cyntoia Brown, whose life sentence for killing a man when she was 16 inspired a documentary and celebrity support, is scheduled to walk free after 15 years in prison.
Brown was 16 when she shot and killed 43-year-old Johnny Mitchell Allen in 2004 after he allegedly paid her for sex. She said that she shot Allen, of Nashville, when she saw him reaching for what she believed was a gun while they were in bed at his home.At the time of the crime, Brown was a runaway and living with her 24-year-old boyfriend, a pimp known as"Kut Throat," who she said raped her and forced her into prostitution.
Under Tennessee law, Brown would not have been eligible for parole until she served at least 51 years behind bars.
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