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Input: A 30-year-old Tennessee woman who has controversially been imprisoned since she was a teenager for murdering a man who solicited her for sex must remain behind bars for at least 51 years, the state’s supreme court said this week. 
  
 The decision, issued Thursday, is a blow to Cyntoia Brown’s years-long efforts to overturn her sentence in the 2004 shooting of Johnny Mitchell Allen, a 43-year-old real estate agent. 
  
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 Brown has long maintained she was forced to be an underage prostitute by a boyfriend who then took the money that she would make. She claimed that after Allen picked her up in August 2004, she shot him in self-defense because she saw him reach for a gun while the two were in bed. 
  
 The jury rejected her story, however, and prosecutors said she was motivated by her desire to rob Allen. She was tried and convicted as an adult. 
  
 Brown, now 30, argued that her lifelong imprisonment was unconstitutional under a 2012 U.S. Supreme Court ruling which found that juveniles could not receive mandatory life sentences without parole. 
  
 That appeal was rejected, and Brown subsequently contended her punishment was “cruel and unusual” under the same 2012 ruling. 
  
 This second appeal remains under the consideration of the federal Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals which, characterizing existing state law as unclear, asked the Tennessee Supreme Court to weigh in with its opinion on whether Brown could be paroled for her murder conviction. 
  
 The state supreme unanimously agreed that under Tennessee law Brown can only become eligible for early release after serving at least 51 years of her sentence, when she will be 69. 
  
 RELATED: PEOPLE Explains the Case of Cyntoia Brown 
  
 Cyntoia Brown (right) during her 2006 trial Shelley Mays/The Tennessean/AP 
  
 “Under state law, a life sentence is a determinate sentence of 60 years. However, the sixty-year sentence can be reduced by up to 15 percent, or 9 years, by earning various sentence credits” for good behavior and participation in educational and vocational training, the Tennessee Supreme Court decided. 
  
 Brown’s case has attracted the attention of celebrities such as Kim Kardashian and Rihanna, and it was covered in a 2011 PBS documentary. 
  
 “The system has failed. … I’ve called my attorneys yesterday to see what can be done to fix this,” West tweeted last year. 
  
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 In May, Brown appeared before the Tennessee Board of Parole for a clemency hearing. The six-member board was split, with two members voting to release her while two others voted to deny her request for freedom. 
  
 The remaining two members suggested her sentence should be significantly shortened to make her parole eligible in 2029, after Brown she has served 25 years. The decision to free Brown ultimately rests with Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam. 
  
 “The governor thoughtfully reviews any clemency application and recommendation from the Board of Parole,” a spokesman said in May, according to the Tennessean. ||||| (CNN) A woman who was 16 when she killed a Nashville man who solicited her for sex must serve at least 51 years in prison before she's eligible for release, according to the Tennessee Supreme Court. 
  
 On Thursday the court said defendants like Cyntoia Brown , who are convicted of first-degree murder committed after July 1, 1995, and sentenced to life imprisonment, can't become eligible for release from prison before serving more than five decades. 
  
 The court's five justices were unanimous in their decision against Brown , who was convicted of killing a 43-year-old man in 2004 when he took her to his house for sex. Brown has said she killed him after she feared he would kill her. 
  
 Thursday's ruling came in response to a lawsuit in which Brown argues her sentence is unconstitutional, citing a 2012 opinion by the US Supreme Court that said mandatory life sentences without parole for juvenile offenders violate the US Constitution. 
  
 The Tennessee Supreme Court explained in a statement that "under state law, a life sentence is a determinate sentence of 60 years. However, the sixty-year sentence can be reduced by up to 15 percent, or 9 years, by earning various sentence credits." 
  
 According to the Tennessee code, those credits include recognition for good behavior or participation in educational or vocational training programs 
  
 A district court previously denied Brown's motion, per court documents, pointing out she hadn't been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole -- just a life sentence. 
  
 The case is pending judgment by the US Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, which asked the Tennessee Supreme Court to share its opinion. 
  
 Parole board split on clemency 
  
 More than a decade after sentencing, Brown's case caught the attention of A-list celebrities like Rihanna and Kim Kardashian West who began advocating for mercy. Her story spread on social media using the hashtag #FreeCyntoiaBrown. 
  
 Brown says she was forced into prostitution after a difficult childhood. At her trial, she said her victim, Johnny Mitchell Allen, solicited her for sex and drove her to his house. 
  
 There, Brown saw a gun cabinet in Allen's room, she said during her trial. She resisted him until he appeared to reach under the bed, at which point she believed he was going to kill her. Brown took a gun out of her purse and shot Allen, killing him. 
  
 Brown was tried as an adult. 
  
 In a clemency hearing in May, the Tennessee Board of Parole was split on its recommendation to Gov. Bill Haslam. Two of the six member voted to grant clemency, two to deny it, and two to make her eligible for parole after 25 years. 
  
 Prosecutors at that hearing said Brown killed Allen to rob him, not to defend herself. 
  
 CORRECTION: A previous version of this article misspelled the last name of victim Johnny Mitchell Allen. ||||| The system has failed. It’s heart breaking to see a young girl sex trafficked then when she has the courage to fight back is jailed for life! We have to do better & do what’s right. I’ve called my attorneys yesterday to see what can be done to fix this. # FreeCyntoiaBrownpic.twitter.com/73y26mLp7u ||||| Cyntoia Brown, a Tennessee woman who was convicted as a teenager for shooting a man who picked her up while she was a victim of sex-trafficking, must remain in prison for at least 51 years before she is eligible for release, Tennessee’s Supreme Court said Thursday. 
  
 The court’s opinion was in response to a lawsuit that argues that Brown’s life sentence is unconstitutional due to a 2012 ruling by the U.S. Supreme court that said mandatory life sentences without parole for juveniles violates the U.S. Constitution. 
  
 In response to the court’s opinion, the Women’s March on Saturday announced a nationwide march in support of Brown and other sex-trafficking victims to be held on Jan. 19. 
  
 Brown was 16 years old in 2004 when she killed real estate agent Johnny Allen, 43. At the time, Brown had run away from home and was living with her 24-year-old boyfriend, a pimp known as “Kut Throat,” who raped her and forced her into prostitution, according to Brown’s lawyers. 
  
 According to court documents, Allen solicited Brown for sex, then brought her back to his home and showed her his guns. Later in bed, Brown said, she thought Allen was reaching for his gun to shoot her, so she grabbed a handgun from her purse and shot him first. 
  
 Brown then removed money from Allen’s wallet, took his guns and drove his truck to a Walmart, the court documents said. 
  
 Brown was tried as an adult, convicted of first-degree murder, felony murder and especially aggravated robbery and was sentenced to life in prison for Allen’s death in 2006. She was also diagnosed with fetal alcohol syndrome in 2012. 
  
 Tennessee’s Supreme Court on Thursday said that, under the state’s law, defendants like Brown who were convicted of first-degree murder after July 1, 1995, can only be released from prison after serving at least 51 years of their sentences. 
  
 Brown has described her life sentence as a “cruel and unusual punishment,” pointing to the 2012 Supreme Court ruling on mandatory life sentences without parole for juveniles, according to court documents. 
  
 But a U.S. District Court in Tennessee denied Brown’s motion, noting that she received a “life sentence, not a sentence of life without the possibility of parole.” 
  
 Brown has appealed that decision, which is pending before the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. 
  
 Marching for women means marching for #CyntoiaBrown. But the #WomensWave can do more than march, and we can do it NOW: Contact Gov. @BillHaslam and demand he pardon her. 
  
  
  
 Gov. Haslam has the power to #FreeCyntoia. Every day she remains in prison, he is actively choosing not to. https://t.co/pZUeGmlU0S — Women's March (@womensmarch) December 9, 2018 
  
 Brown’s case was thrust into the spotlight after PBS debuted a documentary on her, titled “Me Facing Life: Cyntoia’s Story” in 2011. In recent years, celebrities, including Kim Kardashian West and Rihanna, have rallied in support of Brown and raising awareness around Brown as a victim of sex-trafficking. 
  
 Kardashian West has recruited her lawyers to help free Brown. The reality star met with President Donald Trump in May to discuss prison and sentencing reform. 
  
 “The system has failed,” Kardashian tweeted in November 2017. “It’s heartbreaking to see a young girl sex trafficked then when she has the courage to fight back is jailed for life! We have to do better & do what’s right. I’ve called my attorneys yesterday to see what can be done to fix this.” 
  
 The system has failed. It’s heart breaking to see a young girl sex trafficked then when she has the courage to fight back is jailed for life! We have to do better & do what’s right. I’ve called my attorneys yesterday to see what can be done to fix this. #FreeCyntoiaBrown pic.twitter.com/73y26mLp7u — Kim Kardashian West (@KimKardashian) November 21, 2017 
  
 After the Tennessee Supreme Court’s ruling made headlines, Brown’s advocates pointed out how white men and women who commit crimes are handed lighter sentences than people of color. 
  
 Millionaire hedge fund manager Jeffrey Epstein, 54, was accused of trafficking minor girls and coercing them into sex acts in his mansion for at least six years, according to police. He was sentenced to just 13 months in prison. 
  
 White woman murders her husband in argument over another woman.... 
  
 ...she gets ONE YEAR in jail... 
  
  
  
 ...she does 1 month in jail each June for 10 yrs. 
  
  
  
 But, #CyntoiaBrown gets 51 years for killing her rapist in self defense after being held as a sex slave.https://t.co/D2oZxoXz3p — Bishop Talbert Swan (@TalbertSwan) December 9, 2018 
  
 Human rights abuser Joe Arpaio was pardoned by Individual-1 cuz social capital. 
  
  
  
 Serial rapist & pedophile Jeffrey Epstein gets away w crimes against girls virtually Schott Free. 
  
  
  
 Cyntoia Brown gets 51 years for killing her rapist. Fucking absurd.#FreeCyntoia @BillHaslam https://t.co/qMyC7exIoj — Raquel Cepeda (@RaquelCepeda) December 9, 2018 
  
 Millionaire white man, Jeffrey Epstein raped 50 underage girls..... 
  
  
  
 He got..... 
  
  
  
 13 months 
  
  
  
 THIRTEEN MONTHS#WatchWhitenessWork#WhitePrivilege#CyntoiaBrown pic.twitter.com/Y9AjiGMslH — Bishop Talbert Swan (@TalbertSwan) December 8, 2018 ||||| The Tennessee Court System provides this site as a public service, offering convenient public access to court reports, court information, and employment opportunities in the court system, as well as Tennessee Appellate Court opinions. Information posted on this site is believed to be accurate, but is not guaranteed. |||||
Output:
Rihanna, Kim Kardashian, and others have gone to bat for a woman fighting a life sentence for killing a man when she was a teen, after she says she was forced into prostitution by her pimp boyfriend. Now, per People, the Tennessee Supreme Court has ruled that Cyntoia Brown, 30, must serve at least 51 years before she can get parole; she'd be 69 when eligible. It was a unanimous decision Thursday, CNN notes, after the US Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals asked the state Supreme Court to weigh in, as state law was unclear. The ruling was in response to Brown's argument that the US Supreme Court ruled it unconstitutional to give juveniles mandatory life sentences without parole (a lower court noted her life sentence did include the possibility of parole), as well as that it's "cruel and unusual punishment." The appeals court rejected her first argument but is still reviewing the second. Brown was 16 when she killed Johnny Mitchell Allen in 2004, a real estate agent she says solicited her for sex after she was forced to serve as a prostitute by her boyfriend, "Kut Throat," HuffPost notes. She contends she shot Allen after she saw him reach for a gun; prosecutors, however, said she was trying to rob Allen, and she was tried and convicted as an adult. Many are noting that Brown, a woman of color who says she killed in self-defense, is receiving a more severe punishment than whites who commit crimes. HuffPost cites the example of Jeffrey Epstein, the hedge fund manager sentenced to just 13 months in prison after being accused of sex-trafficking young girls. "The system has failed," Kim Kardashian tweeted last year, calling the case "heartbreaking" and saying she was going to get her lawyers involved. (Teen prostitutes are a "human rights scandal" in US.)