Cyntoia Brown and the Murder of Johnny Allen

16 year old Cyntoia Brown needed money, and she only knew one way to get it: sex work. But after 43 year old Johnny Allen picked her up at a Sonic and brought her back to his house,  she shot and killed him. She was arrested for murder, and the prosecution argued that she'd shot him with the intent to rob him. They said she was cruel and merciless and evil. But after facts about her life and the events leading up to the crime came out, people started to wonder: who was the real victim in this situation?


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Articles
Fox 17 News | What Cyntoia Brown-Long would say to Johnny Allen's family (Stacy Case)

The Famous People | Johnny Michael Allen

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | FASDs

Knox News | Here's What Cyntoia Brown-Long Is Doing 2 Years After She Walked Out of a Tennessee Prison

Book
Free Cyntoia: My Search for Redemption in the American Prison System 

Documentaries
Netflix | From Murder to Mercy