Cyntoia Brown

**Cyntoia Brown Long** (an haife **ta** a ranar 29 ga Janairu, 1988) marubuciya ce kuma mai jawabi 'yar Amurka wacce aka yanke wa hukunci kan yin fashi da kuma kisan wanda ya saye ta daga fataucin mata. Brown, wacce aka yi wa fyade a lokacin da lamarin ya faru a shekarar 2004, ta yi ikirarin cewa Johnny Allen ya biya ta dala $150 don ta yi jima'i da shi, kuma tana jin tsoron rayuwarta a lokacin da suka haɗu, wanda hakan ya sa ta harbe shi. Masu gabatar da kara sun yi jayayya cewa Brown ya kashe Allen yayin da yake barci. An sami Brown da laifin yin fashi da kuma kashe Allen kuma an yanke masa hukuncin ɗaurin rai da rai yana da shekaru 16.

Da ta cancanci a yi mata afuwa tana da shekaru 67. Bayan sake nuna sha'awarta a shari'arta a shekarar 2013, Gwamnan Tennessee Bill Haslam ya sauya hukuncin daurin da aka yanke mata na farko zuwa shekaru 15, kuma aka sake ta a ranar 7 ga Agusta, 2019.  Labarinta ya yi cikakken bayani a cikin shirin gaskiya na 2011 mai suna *Me Facing Life: Cyntoia's Story* da kuma a cikin tarihin rayuwarta, *Free Cyntoia: My Search for Redemption in the American Prison System* . An rubuta gwagwarmayarta ta 'yanci daga gidan yari a cikin shirin musamman na Netflix mai suna *Murder to Mercy: The Cyntoia Brown Story* (2020).

## Rayuwar farko
Cyntoia Denise Brown was born at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, on January 29, 1988. Her father is unknown. Her biological mother, Georgina Mitchell, drank alcohol during her pregnancy. Brown's defense attorneys would later claim that this caused her to develop fetal alcohol spectrum disorder. Following Brown's birth, Mitchell began to use crack cocaine. Unable to care for her infant daughter, Mitchell placed the child up for adoption.

Duk da cewa ta girma a cikin gida mai ƙauna, Brown ta daina makarantar firamare kuma daga ƙarshe ta fara haɗuwa da tsarin kotunan matasa. Ta yi lokaci tare da Ma'aikatar Kula da Yara ta jihar tsakanin Afrilu 2001 da Satumba 2003 bayan ta aikata "laifuka a kan mutum, da laifuka a kan kadarori," a cewar mai magana da yawun Carla Aaron. A lokacin da take hannun DCS, Brown ta yi shekaru biyu a wuraren DCS, ciki har da shekara guda a Cibiyar Ci gaban Matasa ta Woodland Hills da ke Nashville .   Ta gudu daga waɗannan wuraren sau da yawa, daga ƙarshe ta ƙare a matsayin mai gudu a titunan Nashville a watan Agusta 2004.  Yayin da take gudu, Brown ta haɗu da Garion L. McGlothen (wanda aka fi sani da sunan titi Kut-Throat, wanda aka fi sani da Kut ko Cut), wanda ya fara safarar Brown. A wannan lokacin, ta zauna a wani otal na InTown Suites .   Brown ya tallafa wa McGlothen da kanta ta hanyar karuwanci ba tare da son rai ba a matsayin wanda aka azabtar da safarar ƙananan yara ta cikin gida.  A cewar Brown, McGlothen ya yi mata barazana, ya yi mata duka, sannan ya yi mata fyaɗe a lokuta da dama. 

## Kisan Johnny Allen
 
A daren ranar 6 ga Agusta, 2004, Brown mai shekaru 16 ya haɗu da Johnny Michael Allen mai shekaru 43 a filin ajiye motoci na Sonic Drive-In a kan titin Murfreesboro da ke Nashville, Tennessee . Allen dillalin gidaje ne. Shi ma fasto ne na matasa kuma malamin makarantar Lahadi kuma ya fara hidimar marasa gida a wata cocin Baptist da ke yankin.

A cewar wani mai bincike kan lamarin, Allen ya tambaye ta ko tana jin yunwa kuma ko tana "damar yin wani abu."   Mai binciken ya tabbatar da cewa Brown ya amsa eh ga tambayoyin biyu kuma ya amince da tayin Allen na kai ta gidansa. Brown da Allen sun yi odar cin abincin dare sannan Allen ya tuka su zuwa gidansa.  A wani zaman sauraren ƙara, Brown ta shaida cewa ta yarda ta yi jima'i da Allen akan dala $150, amma ta yi iƙirarin cewa ba su taɓa yin jima'i ba a zahiri.    Abokan Allen da danginsa sun musanta cewa ya yi ƙoƙarin neman Brown don yin jima'i, maimakon haka suna da'awar cewa yana ƙoƙarin taimaka mata.  Duk da haka, babban mai gabatar da ƙara a shari'ar, Jeff Burks, ya tanadi cewa Allen ya ɗauki Brown don ya biya ta kuɗin jima'i, yana mai cewa, "Wannan gaskiya ne daga farko har ƙarshe." 

A cikin takardun kotu, wata ƙaramar yarinya wacce take hidimar abinci a wani gidan cin abinci na gida ta yi iƙirarin cewa ita da sauran matasan da ke gidan cin abincin ba sa jin daɗi duk lokacin da suka yi wa Allen hidima. Mai hidimar ta ce yana dukan matasan akai-akai. 

A wani lokaci a lokacin fafatawar, Brown ta harbi Allen a bayan kai ta amfani da bindigarta mai nauyin .40-caliber. Daga nan ta saci dala $172 daga cikin walat ɗin Allen da kuma bindigoginsa guda biyu ta kuma gudu daga wurin a cikin motar Allen.   Brown ya bar motar Allen a wurin ajiye motoci na Walmart ya kuma nuna motar SUV don ya koma gida. Daga baya 'yan sanda sun gano Brown da McGlothen a InTown Suites da ke kusa. 

A cikin wata wasika da ta nemi Gwamna Haslam ya musanta afuwa, babban mai binciken kisan Allen ya rubuta cewa a ranar 7 ga Agusta, Brown ya sa wani makwabci ya kai ta Walmart inda ta bar motar Allen. Mai binciken ya ce Brown ya nemi makwabci ya mayar da ita gidan Allen don ta saci ƙarin kayayyaki amma ya ƙi. An ruwaito makwabcin ya shaida wa mai binciken cewa Brown ya gaya masa cewa ta "harbi wani a kai kan dala dubu hamsin da wasu bindigogi" kuma "ta harbe wani a kai jiya da daddare ta kuma kashe masa kwakwalwa." Mai binciken ya ƙara da cewa Brown ya gaya wa makwabcin cewa kisan "lashin kitse" ne (fashi) kuma tana "jira a lasa irin wannan duk tsawon mako." A cewar mai binciken, bayan makwabcin ya gaya wa abokin zamansa game da lamarin, Brown ya kira shi a waya ya yi masa barazana, yana cewa "ya kamata ka daina yin magana game da harkokina ko kuma zan tuntube ka ma." 

## Kamawa da shari'a
An kama Brown kuma an tuhume ta da laifin kisan kai, fashi da makami mai tsanani, mallakar bindiga, da kuma yin kwaikwayon wani abu na laifi .  Duk da cewa tana da shekaru 16 kacal a lokacin kisan, an gurfanar da ita a gaban kuliya tun tana babba . Wannan hukuncin ya fito ne daga Alkali Betty Adams Green, Alkalin Kotun Matasa ta Metro, a ranar 14 ga Nuwamba, 2004, wadda ta yi jayayya cewa akwai haɗari sosai ga al'umma a ci gaba da tsare yarinyar 'yar shekara 16 a Tsarin Kotun Matasa.  

Brown ba ta taɓa musanta harbin Allen ba; maimakon haka, ta yi jayayya cewa an aikata wannan aika-aika ne don kare kanta .  Brown ta bayyana cewa Allen ya tsoratar da ita ta hanyar tsayawa a kanta akai-akai da taɓa ta yayin da take kwance a kan gadonsa, kuma ta yi imanin cewa Allen yana ɗaukar bindiga yayin da su biyun ke kwance a kan gado. Wannan ya sa ta harbi Allen da bindigarta, wadda ta samu daga mai lalata da ita don kare ta.    Ba a taɓa samun bindiga ba duk da ikirarinta kuma an gano Allen yana barci lokacin da aka gano gawarsa. Masu gabatar da ƙara sun ɗauki matakin cewa Brown bai shiga cikin haɗari ba kuma ta kashe Allen yayin da yake barci tsirara a kan gado don ya yi masa fashi.  

### Shaidun da mai gabatar da ƙara ya gabatar
'Yan sanda sun lura cewa ba a sami bindiga a ƙarƙashin ko kusa da gadon Allen ba.  Dangane da wurin da aka gano gawarsa, masu bincike sun yi imanin cewa Allen yana barci lokacin da aka harbe shi. Masu binciken laifuka sun lura cewa bayan an kashe Allen, yana kwance da hannuwansa a ƙarƙashin kansa kuma yatsunsa a ɗaure.     

A ranar 14 ga Agusta, an kai Brown zuwa Cibiyar Lafiyar Hankali ta Yammacin Turai don yin bincike. A cewar takardun kotu, ana zargin Brown ya kai hari tare da yi wa wata ma'aikaciyar jinya a Cibiyar Lafiyar Hankali barazana bayan da ma'aikaciyar jinya ta hana ta kira mahaifiyarta da ta riƙo ta. Ma'aikaciyar jinya ta yi iƙirarin cewa Brown ya yi tsalle ya hau teburinta, ya kama gashinta da fuskarta, ya buge ta, wanda ya yi mata raunuka da raunuka da dama. A lokacin harin, ana zargin Brown ya gaya wa ma'aikaciyar jinya "Na harbi wannan mutumin a bayan kansa sau ɗaya, ƙawata, zan harbe ki a bayan kai sau uku. Ina son jin jininki yana zuba a bango." Ma'aikaciyar jinya, tare da wani ma'aikacin Cibiyar Lafiyar Hankali ta Yammacin Turai wanda ya shaida lamarin, sun ba da shaida a shari'ar. 

Fursunoni uku a gidan yari, suna fatan samun sassauci a shari'o'in laifukan da ke gaban su, sun yi iƙirarin cewa Brown ya yi musu magana game da laifin kuma ya amsa laifin kashe Allen "kawai don ganin yadda ake ji a kashe wani." Daga baya wani fursuna ya ba wa 'yan sanda takardar da Brown ya yi zargin ya ba ta wadda ta ce: "komai gaskiya ne, ina rantsuwa da shi a rayuwata sai dai 'Na yi tunanin yana samun bindiga' da kuma jin tsoro." A shari'ar, wani mai binciken takardun bincike ya shaida cewa, a ra'ayinsa, Brown ne ya rubuta takardar. Abokin zaman kurkukun da Brown ya ba shi takardar kuma ya yi magana da shi shi ma ya bayar da shaida a shari'ar. 

Karin shaida game da Brown ya fito ne daga kiran waya tsakaninta da mahaifiyarta da ta riƙota. A lokacin kiran, Brown ya ce, "Na kashe wani. ... Na kashe shi."   

### Shaidun da Brown ya gabatar
A shari'ar, lauyoyin da ke kare Allen sun yi jayayya cewa Allen mai shekaru 43 yana da "ɓangare mara kyau" kuma yana da niyyar yin lalata da Brown mai shekaru 16 lokacin da ya hau gado tare da ita, tsirara. Matsayin karewar shine Brown yana kare kansa daga cin zarafin jima'i lokacin da ta kashe Allen.

A lokacin shari'ar, Brown ta gabatar da shaidu da dama a madadinta, ciki har da wanda ya taɓa yin mu'amala da Allen a baya. A wani lamari da ake zargin ya faru, Allen ya gayyaci wannan shaidan zuwa gidansa ya fara sumbatar ta. Shaidar ta shaida cewa ta gaya wa Allen cewa ba ta son yin jima'i. Ta yi iƙirarin cewa Allen ya ci gaba da yi mata fyaɗe. &#x5B; ** &#x5D; Akwai wata shaida, wata yarinya 'yar shekara 17 da ke aiki a wani gidan cin abinci, wadda alkalin bai yarda alkalan su ji ba, tana mai cewa shaidarta "ba ta da mahimmanci." A cewar wannan shaida, Allen ya ba ta katin kasuwancinsa kuma ya rubuta saƙo na kansa a baya yana cewa, "Kin yi kyau. Ina so in fitar da ke wani lokaci, don haka ku sanar da ni." Shaidar ta ƙara shaida cewa sauran matasa da ke aiki a gidan cin abinci ba su ji daɗin yi wa Allen hidima ba saboda halinsa na soyayya da su. 

### Hukunci
An same Brown da laifin kisan kai na mataki na farko, kisan kai mai tsanani da kuma fashi mai tsanani, sannan aka yanke masa hukuncin ɗaurin rai da rai.   Tana da shekaru 16 lokacin da aka kai ta gidan yari.

## Kurkuku
Brown ta yi zaman gidan yari a Cibiyar Gyaran Hali ta Debra K. Johnson, wani wurin tsare mutane mafi tsaro a Nashville, Tennessee .  A ƙarƙashin hukuncin da aka yanke mata na farko, da ta cancanci a yi mata afuwa tana da shekaru 67.  A gidan yari, Brown ta sami GED ɗinta da maki 656 a watan Maris na 2005, digiri na biyu a fannin Liberal Arts tare da GPA 4.0 a watan Disamba na 2015 daga Jami'ar Lipscomb, da kuma digiri na farko a fannin Nazarin Ƙwararru a Jagorancin Ƙungiyoyi tare da GPA 4.0 a watan Mayu na 2019 daga Jami'ar Lipscomb .  An ambace ta a matsayin fursuna mai ƙira a cikin shaidar da aka gabatar a zaman sauraron afuwa da ta yi a gaban Hukumar Parole ta Tennessee.

Tsohon mai lalata da Brown, Garion L. McGlothen, wanda aka fi sani da Gary McGlothen da Kut-Throat, ya mutu a ranar 30 ga Maris, 2005, yana da shekaru 24, bayan Quartez Hines ya harbe shi ya kashe shi.   Labarinsa ya fito a cikin shirin gaskiya na 2011, *Me Facing Life: Cyntoia's Story* .  

Mai shirya fim ɗin *Me Facing Life: Cyntoia's Story*, Dan Birman, ya ci gaba da bin diddigin shari'ar Brown da sauran misalan yara da aka yanke wa hukuncin ɗaurin rai da rai a cikin wani shirin bidiyo mai sassa bakwai a yanar gizo a tsakanin 2016–2017, "Senting Children," wanda aka yi tare da haɗin gwiwar shirin PBS Independent Lens da 'yar jarida Anita Wadhwani a jaridar *The Tennessean* .   An sake amfani da bidiyon da ba a yi amfani da shi ba daga waɗannan ayyukan zuwa wani shirin gaskiya na Netflix na asali mai taken, "Murder to Mercy: The Cyntoia Brown Story." 

A lokacin da take kurkuku, Brown ta auri mawaki kuma ɗan kasuwa Jaime Long, Shugaba na JFAM Music, Inc. kuma mai haɗin gwiwa a wani kamfanin kiwon lafiya na Texas wanda ya yi wasa a ƙarƙashin sunan J. Long kuma a da tana da alaƙa da ƙungiyar R&B Pretty Ricky . Yanzu ana kiranta da Cyntoia Brown Long.   

## Sadaka da roƙo
A ranar 21 ga Nuwamba, 2017, shari'ar Brown ta bazu a shafukan sada zumunta bayan wasu rubuce-rubuce da fitattun mutane suka yi kan hukuncin da aka yanke mata. Shahararrun mutane da suka wallafa sun hada da Rihanna, Kim Kardashian, TI, Snoop Dogg, da LeBron James .  A watan Maris na 2018, an sanar da cewa Hukumar Parole ta Tennessee za ta gudanar da zaman sauraren karar neman afuwa ga Brown, matakin da kashi 2% ne kawai na masu neman afuwa na Tennessee suka gani. An gudanar da zaman sauraron karar a bainar jama'a a ranar 28 ga Mayu, 2018, a gidan yarin Tennessee na Mata. A zaman sauraron karar, shaidu da dama da suka san Brown daga gidan yari sun ba da shaida a madadinta, ciki har da malaman Jami'ar Lipscomb, tsohon mai gabatar da kara nata Preston Shipp, ma'aikatan gidan yari, masu fafutukar kare hakkin wadanda abin ya shafa na gida, da kuma wani shugaba mai zaman kansa wanda ke gudanar da kungiyar jagoranci ga matasa masu fuskantar barazanar Brown. Abokin Allen ya ba da shaida kan afuwa.  Charles Robinson, wani jami'in 'yan sanda na Nashville wanda ya yi aiki a matsayin babban mai bincike a binciken kisan Allen, shi ma ya ba da shaida kan afuwa ga Brown. Ya shaida wa hukumar cewa bai yi imani da cewa akwai wata shaida da ke goyon bayan ikirarin cewa an yi safarar Brown tun tana da shekaru 12 ba, kuma kisan Allen bai dace ba. Kwamitin bayar da belin ya rabu biyu, inda mutane biyu suka kaɗa ƙuri'a don a yafe wa Brown saboda ta riga ta yi shekaru 15, biyu suka kaɗa ƙuri'a cewa a rage hukuncin Brown daga shekaru 51 zuwa 25, yayin da biyu suka kaɗa ƙuri'a don a ƙi yafe masa.  

A ranar 6 ga Disamba, 2018, Kotun Koli ta Tennessee ta amsa wata tambaya ta doka tare da daukaka karar da Brown ya yi wa kotun tarayya ta *[[habeas corpus]]*, inda ta bayyana cewa za ta cancanci a yi mata afuwa bayan ta shafe shekaru 51 tana aiki.   Dangane da hukuncin Kotun Koli ta Tennessee, an sake samun goyon baya wanda ya karfafa wa Gwamnan Tennessee Bill Haslam gwiwa ya ba Brown afuwa. Wasiku da kiran waya sun mamaye ofishin Gwamna da kafofin sada zumunta.  Jami'in bincike Charles Robinson ya rubuta wata wasiƙa mai shafuka bakwai yana kira ga Gwamna Haslam da kada ya yi wa Brown afuwa. Ya rubuta cewa "Cyntoia Brown ba ta aikata wannan kisan ba ne saboda ta kasance bawan yara kamar yadda masu kare ta ke so ku yarda. Dalilin Cyntoia Brown na kashe Johnny Allen a cikin barcinsa fashi ne." Ya kuma rubuta "A farkon wannan binciken, na yi la'akari da yiwuwar cewa Cyntoia Brown ta cancanci a kashe Johnny Allen. A ƙarshen wannan binciken, bincikena ya nuna cewa ba ta da laifi wajen kashe Mr. Allen kuma dalilinta na kisan shi ne fashi."  

A ranar 7 ga Janairu, 2019, Haslam ya rage hukuncin daurin rai da rai da aka yanke wa Brown zuwa shekaru 15 tare da shekaru 10 na sakin fursunonin da aka sa ido a kansu. An saki Brown daga gidan yari a ranar 7 ga Agusta, 2019. Haslam ya ce shawararsa ta zo ne "bayan la'akari da abin da ke da ban tausayi da rikitarwa" kuma ya kara da cewa "sanya wa wata yarinya hukuncin rai da rai wanda zai bukaci ta yi aiki akalla shekaru 51 kafin ma ta cancanci a yi mata afuwa ya yi tsauri." Abokai da iyalan Allen ba su amince da shawarar Gwamna Haslam ba, suna rubutawa a shafin Facebook na Abokan Johnny Allen, "Zuciyarmu ta karye a yau yayin da Gwamna ya yanke shawarar ba wa Johnny afuwa. Jama'ar masu fafutuka tare da maimaita karya da batancin Cyntoia sun sami nasarar cin nasara a kan adalci."

## Rayuwa bayan gidan yari
Tun bayan fitowarta daga kurkuku, Cyntoia Brown Long ta gudanar da tambayoyi da dama inda ta raba fahimtarta da sukar tsarin shari'ar laifuka. Ta kasance babbar mai jawabi ga ƙungiyoyi daban-daban a faɗin ƙasar, tana raba shaidarta game da tsira daga fataucin ƙananan yara da kuma gogewarta da tsarin shari'ar laifuka. An fi ambatonta a matsayin mai fafutuka da kuma mai fafutuka.  ACLU ta kawo Brown Long don jagorantar kamfen ɗinsu na ƙasa tare da yin kira ga Gwamnoni da su yi amfani da ikon zartarwa na sassauci don yaƙi da rashin adalci da wariyar launin fata. 

An buga wani littafi mai suna *Free Cyntoia: My Search for Redemption in the American Prison System* a ranar 15 ga Oktoba, 2019 ta Atria Books   

Baya ga aikinta na magana game da abubuwan da ta fuskanta, tafiyar rayuwar Brown ta kasance abin sha'awa ga manyan kamfanonin watsa labarai. An fitar da wani shirin gaskiya mai suna *Murder to Mercy: The Cyntoia Brown Story* a Netflix a ranar 29 ga Afrilu, 2020.  A watan Agusta na 2020 an sanar da cewa fitacciyar 'yar jarida Lala Anthony tana aiki tare da 50 Cent a wani shiri da aka rubuta bisa ga Brown Long. 

Brown da mijinta sun kafa wata ƙungiya mai zaman kanta tare bayan an sake ta.   Gidauniyar Adalci, 'Yanci, da Rahama tana aiki ne a ƙarƙashin sunan Gidauniyar JFAM kuma ƙungiya ce ta 501 (c)(3) wacce ke da nufin ƙarfafa mutanen da ke cikin haɗarin cin zarafi ko shiga cikin tsarin shari'a.  

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