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Murder to Mercy: The Cyntoia Brown Story

Murder to Mercy: The Cyntoia Brown Story

2020•1h 36m•6.9/10
Documentary

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6.9/10(108)

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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Daniel H. Birman Productions

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EN

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Released

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Cyntoia D. Brown

Cyntoia D. Brown

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