Cyntoia Brown murderer or self defensive victim
Cyntoia Brown was at the young age of 16 was bought for sex by Johnny Allen a real estate agent. Johnny Allen picked her up for sex and took her back to his house. When everything was said and done she pulled a gun from her purse and shot him. Cyntoia claimed she thought Allen was reaching for a gun and acted first when she told this to the police. Before she was caught she took Allens money and his truck and left. The act of shooting Johnny is what led to her 15 year sentence in prison. The question of whether or not this act was self defense was debated but not found true in her case. I would like to look into the case and see if she truly did the act in self defense.
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Johnny's brother and mother were impacted a lot by Johnny’s murder. During the court case Johnny’s brother Randy Allen had the following to say “I pray that Cyntoia will never be free into society again.” He told this to the court and along with this quote his mother also said the following "I do not know Cyntoia Brown, and I do not hate Cyntoia. I just hate the act that she did.” Johnny’s mother was more kind than her son was in the court trial. During the trial Brown’s attorney gave evidence against Johnny such as two women who said he tried hitting on them, The second girl went on to say that Johnny had apparently tried to rape her on their first date the court Ignored the first girl as evidence due to it being “irrelevent to the case” the second girls argument however was taken into consideration. The evidence favoring Johnny was in greater abundance and had many of Johnny’s friends speaking in his favor. He was known for being caring and this leads to people in his favor stating he truly meant to help Cyntoia not pick her up for