Another Victim Of The Prison System: It's Sad Cyntoia Brown Is In Prison (UPDATE: Granted Clemency)

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She was a 16 year old girl who had mental problems :snoop: Girl was adopted by a Black woman. Cyntoia is mixed. Anyway, she supposedly killed her pimp in self-defense :snoop: The justice system didn't even try to get her counseling or anything:mindblown: She won't be eligible for parole until she turn's 67 years old.

At times this country can be fukked up. We need to take mental health more seriously.

 

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I read about her a while ago, apparently she's a very smart girl too. Sad to see her gifts go to waste behind bars. She at least deserved not to be tried as an adult, that's probably the biggest tragedy of them all.
Somebody has to petition to get her released. It's really sad.
 

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Mr. Spiro is a graduate of Harvard Law School. He worked for the CIA and then joined the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office. As a prosecutor, among other cases, Mr. Spiro helped indict and convict Rodney Alcala, the “Dating Game” serial killer, for two NY murders in the 1970s, and, convicted, at trial, serial murderer Travis Woods.

Currently, Mr. Spiro works with Benjamin Brafman as a criminal defense attorney handling cases in both state and federal court. His notable clients include Mick Jagger, Dinesh D’Souza, Thomas Gilbert Jr., Jeff Tweedy, Thabo Sefolosha, Chris Copeland, Peter Beard, and various public officials.

Mr. Spiro has tried over 50 cases to verdict ranging from misdemeanors to murders.

Mr. Spiro has also served on the faculty of Harvard’s Trial Advocacy Program for the past 5 years. Mr. Spiro is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, and has received several other academic and professional citations, including the Albert Imlah writing award and the ACC Northeast Ethics Lawyering award.

Prior to becoming a lawyer, Mr. Spiro studied bio-psychology and worked at Harvard’s Psychiatric Facility, McLean Hospital. In his 5 plus years at McLean, Mr. Spiro supervised departments of an adolescent treatment facility and ran a summer program for children with Autism and Asperger’s syndrome.

:jbhmm:the plot thickens
 
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