Cyntoia Brown, now 30, has served 13 years in prison for the 2004 murder of real estate agent Johnny Allen, 43. On Thursday, a state parole board agreed to a clemency hearing on May 23 inside the Tennessee Prison for Women in Nashville where Brown is held. Brown’s case has been in the spotlight for years, particularly after a 2011 PBS documentary called “Me Facing Life: Cyntoia’s Story” came out. The documentary followed Brown’s case from the week of her arrest until her conviction almost six years later. The story picked up steam again six years after the documentary’s release, when a Facebook post about Brown went viral.

Source: Huffington Post May 07, 2018 14:48 UTC