Campaign demands Cyntoia Brown’s freedom
NOVANEWS
By Gloria La Riva
The Tennessee Supreme Court on December 6 ruled that Cyntoia Brown must serve a minimum of 51 years before even being considered for parole.
But in a case that has gained widespread national attention, a growing league of supporters refuses to accept this injustice and are committed to win her immediate freedom.
Cyntoia Brown has already served 14 years in a case that highlights the crisis of girls and women forced into sex trafficking and treated as criminals, instead of their reality as victims.
The harshness of Tennessee’s sentencing laws and the extremely narrow consideration by U.S. federal court in her appeal, mandates that an urgent popular struggle is the key to winning her freedom.
A child victim of sex trafficking
Brown was a teenager, only 16 year...