(tense music)
- Yeah, it's over with now.
I got life.
(dramatic music)
(heartfelt music)
- Cyntoia Brown shot Johnny Allen.
- I shot him because I
thought he was gonna shoot me.
- [Narrator] This young woman
didn't get a fair shake.
- She was a 16 year old runaway,
beaten, pimped, and raped.
- [Narrator] When you
go through sexual abuse
as a child, you build hate.
- I really just never felt
like anybody loved me.
- In 2004, she was
considered a prostitute.
Today, she would be considered
a victim of sexual predators.
- Violence, anger, rejection,
I mean, this is her view of the world.
- [Narrator] Why fight for a
person who has taken a life?
- Cruelly and mercilessly,
Cyntoia Brown executed.
- That was not her intent when
she shot him and you know it.
- [Narrator] She has made the
most amazing transformation.
- [Narrator] She's the perfect person
to be considered for clemency.
- Time and proximity can
change adversaries into allies.
- [Newscaster] Now
celebrities like Rihanna,
T.I. and Lana Del Rey are
tweeting for clemency for Cyntoia.
- I wanna go home and I can't.
- We'll see what the governor says.
- When I was 16, I did a horrible thing.
I do pray that you show me mercy,
and that you give me a second chance.
