"This family probably needs therapy to bring it closer. 'Great British Baking Show' Season 8 Filming Location, Netflix Cut a Controversial Boris Johnson Sketch from the American Version of 'The Great British Baking Show', Who is Matt Lucas? The defense failed to convince a jury to empathize with her professionally diagnosed mental illness, and that she acted in self-defense. 3,815, This story has been shared 3,503 times. 3,503, This story has been shared 3,114 times. "The Sun", "Sun", "Sun Online" are registered trademarks or trade names of News Group Newspapers Limited. To inquire about a licence to reproduce material, visit our Syndication site. Our Take: Murder to Mercy is a passable catchall overview of Cyntoia’s story with a few bracingly intimate moments that engage our emotions. : Without the trio of Paradise Lost films, documentaries like this wouldn’t exist — although Murder to Mercy isn’t at all in the same league as the best activist docs. When Will 'Raised By Wolves' Episode 10 Premiere on HBO Max? Georgina talks about her mother Joan, saying: "I got pregnant on my 16th birthday. After serving 13 years in prison she was released early on August 7, 2019. 1,066, This story has been shared 882 times. Should you stream or skip the true-crime doc #MurderToMercy: The Cyntoia Brown Story on @netflix? The doc was directed and produced by Daniel H. Birman, who previously released another film about Brown in 2011, Me Facing Life: Cyntoia’s Story. The Tennessee justice system determined she should be tried not as a juvenile, but as an adult. Joan Warren is Georgina Mitchell's mother and Cyntoia Brown's grandmother. "I don't think there's any hope of the three of us turning back, from the pain of what we've gone through.". Green Home Energy Grant: Applications for £5,000 voucher to open on Wednesday, Man dives in with 'harmless shark' then panics fearing it's a GREAT WHITE, Kate Garraway's husband's six-month Covid battle is now longest in the UK, Google boss left bedbound after 'broken arm' turned out to be brain cancer, Sick moment crowd shouts 'light them up' as police officers doused in fuel, ©News Group Newspapers Limited in England No. Without attempting to excuse her crime as youthful indiscretion nor to vilify her as an example of a generation gone off the rails, Birman simply follows Cyntoia through six years of her life after the crime, and searches for answers to persistent questions. Georgina revealed she ran away from home at an early age to try to avoid the same fate and confirmed she was molested by a family friend from the age of six.
Cyntoia showed significant maturation during her incarceration, earning a college degree, and the respect of a professor and former prosecutor who, coincidentally, had argued against her case a few years prior.
Cyntoia's case has been made into a documentary called Murder to Mercy: The Cyntoia Brown story and it's now available to watch on Netflix. Copyright © 2020 Independent Television Service, Inc. We’ll send you funding deadlines, events, and film news. Georgina Mitchell, Cyntoia’s biological mother, meets her for the first time since she gave her up for adoption 14 years earlier. Independent Television Service is funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a private corporation funded by the American people. Cyntoia's legal team argued her traumatic childhood had detrimental effects on her development and that she lacked the mental capacity to be culpable in the killing because she was impaired by her mother's alcohol use while in the womb. Georgina gave birth to Cyntoia at the age of 16 and confirmed that she drank heavily throughout her pregnancy. Cyntoia's case has been made into a documentary called Murder to Mercy: The Cyntoia Brown story and it's now available to watch on Netflix. Performance Worth Watching: Joan Warren, Cyntoia’s biological, maternal grandmother, gives point-blank commentary on the trauma she suffered as … It also grew in public stature as celebrities such as Rihanna, Lana Del Rey and Kim Kardashian stumped for her release on social media. He produced. After serving 13 years in prison she was released early on August 7, 2019. Cyntoia Brown was jailed for the murder of 43-year-old estate agent Johnny Allen, who she said solicited her for sex when she was a 16-year-old teenage trafficking victim. For further details of our complaints policy and to make a complaint please click here. 799, This story has been shared 647 times. 882, This story has been shared 799 times.