At the age of 16, Cyntoia Brown was convicted of killing her alleged sex trafficker and sentenced to life in prison, but today she is a free woman!Back in January, Brown was granted clemency by former Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam. Last week, the news broke that Brown would finally have an official release date of August 6th, 2019.According to ABC News, Brown was released at 3:30am. “Early this morning offender Cyntoia Denise Brown was released from the Tennessee Prison for Women. Per the commutation, Brown has now been released to parole supervision.”Although Brown has been released, she must comply with her approved released plan which states that she must maintain employment or be enrolled in school, participate in counseling sessions and maintain her community service obligations. Brown is currently working with the publishing company Atria Books to have her upcoming book “Free Cyntoia” published. The set date is for October 15th 2019.
