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Murder to Mercy: The Cyntoia Brown Story

Murder to Mercy: The Cyntoia Brown Story

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2020
1h 36m
6.9(108 votes)
Documentary

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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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