Tennessee Offenders

Name: Cyntoia Brown Long

Victim: Johnny Michael Allen, 43

Age at time of murder: 16

Crime location: Nashville

Crime date: August 7, 2004

Crimes: Robbery, murder, & theft

Weapon: .40 caliber handgun

Murder method: Gunshot to the head while victim was asleep

Murder motivation: Robbery and thrill

Convictions:  First-degree murder, felony murder, and aggravated robbery

Sentence: Life with parole after 51 years

Incarceration status: Released

Summary

Brown shot Johnny Allen in the head as he slept in his bed. The real estate agent and youth minister was later found lying on his right side with his arms folded underneath and his fingers interlocked. After murdering Johnny, Brown stole his firearms, money, and truck. She was arrested and charged and later convicted of robbery and murder. She was sentenced to 51 years to life but was released after serving 15 years after Tennessee governor Bill Haslam granted her clemency. The movement to free Brown was based on the lie that she killed Johnny in self-defense. This lie is thoroughly debunked here. To summarize, the position in which Johnny’s body was found shows that he was asleep when he was shot. Brown told several people that she killed Johnny to rob him and to see what it felt like to kill someone. She also laughed, joked, and bragged about the murder. Since being released, Brown has become a cause celebre for the movement to end juvenile life without parole (JLWOP). NOVJM asks that people look at the facts of the case and remember Brown’s dead victim Johnny.

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