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<h6 class="headline___CuovH f8 f9-m fw3 mb3 mt0 f10-xl founders-cond lh-none" data-test="article-hero__headline"><span style="color: #332a2a;"><strong>&#8220;Being able to cook for myself and decide how I want to spend my day feels amazing,&#8221; says Cyntoia Brown commenting on her release from prison:</strong></span></h6>
<h6 class="title___1CDQX f5 f7-m lh-title founders-cond ma0 pa0"><span style="color: #332a2a;"><strong>Brown, 31, was released from a Tennessee prison on Aug. 7 after serving 15 years of her life sentence</strong></span></h6>
<h6 class="headline___CuovH f8 f9-m fw3 mb3 mt0 f10-xl founders-cond lh-none" data-test="article-hero__headline"><span style="color: #332a2a;"><strong>She was sentenced to life as at the age of 16, for murdering a 42-year-old man, whom she said had paid her for sex </strong></span></h6>
<h6 class="headline___CuovH f8 f9-m fw3 mb3 mt0 f10-xl founders-cond lh-none" data-test="article-hero__headline"><span style="color: #332a2a;"><strong>Teen prostitute Brown was convicted of first-degree murder and aggravated robbery in 2004 for the death of 43-year-old real estate agent Johnny Mitchell Allen</strong></span></h6>
<h6 class="headline___CuovH f8 f9-m fw3 mb3 mt0 f10-xl founders-cond lh-none" data-test="article-hero__headline"><span style="color: #332a2a;"><strong>She was sentenced to serve a life sentence, commuted in 2018 by then Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam</strong></span></h6>
<h6 class="headline___CuovH f8 f9-m fw3 mb3 mt0 f10-xl founders-cond lh-none" data-test="article-hero__headline"><span style="color: #332a2a;"><strong>Her early release came after intense pressure by advocacy groups and celebrities</strong></span></h6>
<h6 class="headline___CuovH f8 f9-m fw3 mb3 mt0 f10-xl founders-cond lh-none" data-test="article-hero__headline"><span style="color: #332a2a;"><strong>Brown-Long married Christian rapper J. Long while behind bars and the two shared photos together during Brown&#8217;s first week of freedom</strong></span></h6>
<h6 class="headline___CuovH f8 f9-m fw3 mb3 mt0 f10-xl founders-cond lh-none" data-test="article-hero__headline"><span style="color: #332a2a;"><strong>A memoir, titled &#8216;Free Cyntoia&#8217;, is expected to release this October</strong></span></h6>
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<h6 class="endmarkEnabled"><img class="" src="https://i2.wp.com/konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Cyntoia-Brown-9.jpg?resize=620%2C493&#038;ssl=1" alt="Cyntoia Brown 9.JPG" width="734" height="584" /><strong>Cyntoia Brown &#8211; &#8216;Those simple pleasures that people take for granted are what I looked forward to when I sat in prison dreaming of freedom&#8217; </strong></h6>
<p class="endmarkEnabled">Former lifer, Cyntoia Brown, who was released from prison this month after celebrities advocated on her behalf, said that after 15 years behind bars she&#8217;s enjoying manicures, cooking and choosing how to spend her time — things she used to only dream of doing.<br />
&#8220;I am loving every single thing about being in my own home,&#8221; said the 31-year-old Tennessee woman who was <a href="https://konniemoments.com/2019/01/07/life-sentence-commuted-for-teen-sex-trafficking-victim-jailed-for-life-after-killing-john-cyntoia-brown-will-be-released-in-august-after-15-years/">sentenced to life in prison for murdering</a> a man when she was 16.<br />
&#8220;Being able to cook for myself and decide how I want to spend my day feels amazing,&#8221; she said in an exclusive statement to NBC News. &#8220;Those simple pleasures that people take for granted are what I looked forward to when I sat in prison dreaming of freedom.&#8221; <strong>Related Articles:<br />
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<h6 class="endmarkEnabled"><span class="mr3"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-326168" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Cyntoia-Brown-book-cover-1.jpg" alt="Cyntoia Brown book cover 1.jpg" width="760" height="1148" /><strong><span class="f2 ls-tight gray-80 ws-tight founders-mono dib"> Brown&#8217;s upcoming memoir, </span>&#8220;Free Cyntoia&#8221; by Cyntoia Brown-Long documents her, life, time in prison </strong></span><strong><span class="f2 ls-tight gray-80 ws-tight founders-mono dib">and her marriage to J. Long <span class="mr3">and is due to be released this fall. by </span>Atria Books </span></strong></h6>
<p class="endmarkEnabled">Since her release, Brown-Long said she has been relishing simple pleasures like getting manicures and shopping for cooking supplies &#8220;whenever I need it.&#8221; She plans to also release a memoir, &#8220;Free Cyntoia,&#8221; in October.<br />
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Brown-Long — the name she now goes by after <a class=" vilynx_listened" href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/freed-inmate-cyntoia-brown-marries-recording-artist-j-long-n1041696" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">marrying recording artist J. Long</a>, formerly of the R&#038;B group Pretty Ricky — was a teenager when she shot and killed Johnny Mitchell Allen, 43, who she said had paid her for sex. Brown-Long said she shot Allen, of Nashville, because she feared for her life when she saw him reaching for what she believed was a gun while they were in bed at his home.<br />
Prosecutors argued that the motive was not self-defense, as she said, but robbery.<br />
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At the time of the incident in 2004, Brown-Long was a runaway and said she was a sex-trafficking victim. She said her boyfriend, a pimp known as &#8220;Kut Throat,&#8221; had raped her and forced her into prostitution.<br />
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She was tried as an adult, convicted in Allen&#8217;s murder and sentenced to life in prison. Under Tennessee law, Brown-Long would not have been eligible for parole until she served at least 51 years.</p>
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Now 31 and married, Brown-Long has said she was a sex trafficking victim at the time she killed a man in 2004.<br />
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<p class="endmarkEnabled">Her story and fight for freedom inspired a 2011 documentary, &#8220;Me Facing Life: Cyntoia&#8217;s Story,&#8221; and caught the attention of celebrities such as Kim Kardashian West, Rihanna and Amy Schumer, who all fought for her release.<br />
In January, Brown-Long won a major victory in her case when then-Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam <a href="https://konniemoments.com/2019/08/07/former-teen-sex-worker-cyntoia-brown-walks-free-today-after-serving-15-years-of-a-life-sentence-for-killing-man-43-who-bought-her-for-sex-when-she-was-16-her-sentence-was-commuted-in-january-by/">granted her full commutation to parole</a>. She walked out of the Tennessee Prison for Women early on Aug. 7. She will remain on parole for 10 years.<br />
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&#8220;One of the best moments was the night I celebrated my release with my whole family and everyone who&#8217;d made a difference in my life over the last 15 years,&#8221; she said.<br />
&#8220;Looking around and seeing how everything had come together, and how everyone was fellow-shipping and happy, was just incredible. I wasn&#8217;t presenting myself as a 16-year-old heading to prison and needing help. I was a grown woman with my calling from God. This was my coming out party,&#8221; Brown-Long continued.<br />
&#8220;Every day I find myself thanking God for yet another experience I haven&#8217;t had my whole adult life,&#8221; she said in the statement.</p>
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Life as a FREE WOMAN – Newly freed former inmate Cyntoia Brown, 31, relishes her early release from serving a life sentence in prison: ‘I am loving every single thing’
