The case of Cyntoia Brown got Mona Chalabi thinking about intimate partner violence – turns out, there’s a wide gender gap
Cyntoia Brown was sentenced to life in prison in 2004 for a man she killed when she was 16 years old.
This week though, Brown was granted clemency by the Tennessee governor after appeals by her lawyers claiming that she was a victim of sex trafficking who feared for her life. Brown, now aged 30, will remain on parole supervision for 10 years so long as she retains a job and participates in regular counseling sessions.
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