Cyntoia Brown-Long to speak at Memphis church Sunday
Cyntoia Brown-Long was 16 when she was arrested for robbing and killing a man she says bought her for sex, and later sentenced to life in prison. She is out now, promoting her book "Free Cyntoia: My Search for Redemption in the American Prison System." (Mark Humphrey/AP)
Cyntoia Brown-Long, released from prison in August after serving 15 years for killing a man in Nashville when she was 16, has written a book about her life and will be in Memphis Sunday to discuss it.
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Yolanda Jones covers criminal justice issues and general assignment news for The Daily Memphian. She previously was a reporter at The Commercial Appeal.
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