Cyntoia Brown's clemency to be decided by Governor Bill Haslam

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Cyntoia Brown’s Freedom Rests With Gov. Haslam’s Clemency Decision

Cyntoia Brown deserves her freedom. Sadly, a 60-year-old white man holds the keys to her liberation, literally. According to CNN, Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam is in the process of deciding whether or not to grant Cyntoia clemency for killing a man who solicited her for prostitution back in 2004.

This case has struck a chord with millions of people on social media and celebs like Rihanna and Kim Kardashian.

When asked about Cyntoia’s case by a Black Lives Matter activist at an event this past Monday, Haslam replied:

“We are in the midst of reviewing Cyntoia’s case,” Haslam said at an event Monday night, responding to a local Black Lives Matter activist who asked about clemency for Brown.

“We’ll hopefully have a decision — I’m just here for six more weeks, so it’ll be before that,” Haslam said, according to a video of the event posted online by The Tennessean newspaper. “But we’re doing our best to review every aspect of that, talking to everybody involved, just like we are with several other — I wouldn’t say exactly similar cases — but somewhat similar cases.”

BOSSIP fam, we ask that you flood Gov. Haslam’s office with letters, tweets, Facebook messages, carrier pigeons, smoke signals, flying banners, and any form of legal communication you can manage to send him the message that clemency is the right thing to do.