Sentenced to life, woman gets clemency

NASHVILLE, Tenn.

A woman who says she was a 16-year-old sex trafficking victim when she killed a man in 2004 was granted clemency Monday by Tennessee’s governor and will be released from prison later this year.

Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam granted clemency to Cyntoia Brown, who had been serving a life sentence but who will be released on parole on Aug. 7 – 15 years from the date she was first arrested.

Brown, 30, will remain on parole supervision for 10 years on the condition she does not violate any state or federal laws, has a job and participates in regular counseling sessions.