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.
Tag: Women
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Novelist Toni Morrison Has Died at 88
The world is mourning the loss of fame novelist Toni Morrison. According to her publisher, Morrison passed away on Monday night, she was 88 years old.
Morrison was best known for her best selling and critically acclaimed novel Beloved, which won the 1988 Pulitzer prize. Morrison also became the first African American woman to win a Nobel Prize in Literature.
Some of Morrison’s other works of literature includes Jazz (1992), Paradise (1997), Home (2012), and God Help the Child (2015). Toni Morrison broke barriers for many others to come along and she wrote through her toughest times.
As reported by Vulture, in 2010, she wrote about the death of her son “I stopped writing until I began to think, he would be really put out if he thought that he had caused me to stop.”
During the end of her Nobel Prize speech, Morrison ended with these words, “We die. That may be the meaning of life. But we do language. That may be the measure of our lives.”
Rest In Peace Ms. Toni Morrison.
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Cyntoia Brown Has Been Granted Clemency!
It has been a long and trying journey for Cyntoia Brown, but justice has finally been served! Yesterday, the governor of Tennessee granted Brown clemency. “Cyntoia Brown committed, by her own admission, a horrific crime at the age of 16”, Haslam said in a statement to the Tennessean. “Yet, imposing a life sentence on a juvenile that would require her to serve at least 51 years before even being eligible for parole consideration is too harsh, especially in the light of the extraordinary steps Ms. Brown has taken to rebuild her life.”Brown, 30, has been in jail since she was 16 years old, convicted of murder after killing her sex trafficker while he laid next to her.Brown is scheduled to be released on August 7th. She will also have to attend regular counseling sessions and perform 50 hours of community service. Brown will remain on parole for 10 years and is required to find a job.Brown also released a statement of her own. “I am thankful for all the support, prayers and encouragement I have received. We truly serve a God of second chance and new beginnings. With God’s help, I am committed to living the rest of my life helping others, especially young people. My hope is to help other young girls avoid ending up where I have been.”Congratulations to Cyntoia Brown!
