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Cyntoia Brown Lawyer Reflects On Her Clemency After Serving Time For 2004 Murder

Brown, a teenage sex-trafficking victim, was serving a life sentence for murder, but will soon be free. Charles Bone, one of Brown's lead attorneys, reflects on her case.
Cyntoia Brown, a woman serving a life sentence for killing a man when she was a 16-year-old prostitute, talks with her attorney, Charles Bone, during her clemency hearing Wednesday, May 23, 2018, at Tennessee Prison for Women in Nashville, Tenn. (Lacy Atkins /The Tennessean via AP, Pool)

Cyntoia Brown, a teenage sex trafficking victim who was serving a life sentence for murder, will be freed in August following Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam’s decision Monday to grant her clemency.

Charles Bone (@bonelaw), one of Brown’s lead attorneys,

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