Murder to Mercy: The Cyntoia Brown Story
2020 · 1h 36m · TV-MA
Documentary
Directed by
Daniel H. Birman
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Murder to Mercy: The Cyntoia Brown Story
Overview
After 16-year-old Cyntoia Brown is sentenced to life in prison, questions about her past, physiology and the law itself call her guilt into question.
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