Cyntoia Brown: No Justice!

Celebrities rally around Cyntoia Brown. The young woman was convicted of murder and is facing LIFE in the iron college.

A young woman was sentenced to LIFE in the iron college for the death of a man. She claimed that the man was trying to rape her and she had to defend herself. The Tennessee court found her guilty for murder and sentenced her to the iron college. Her sentence was deemed too harsh and many celebrities are coming to her aid asking for the federal government to grant leniency.

At an early age, this woman experienced sexual encounters had included many rapes, assaults during or before sex, and times when she was under the influence of drugs.

She had a physically and sexually abusive pimp who brandished guns at her and forced her into prostitution. The young woman was picked up by a 43-year-old real estate agent, Johnny Allen, and taken to his house.

The young woman stated that for several weeks leading up to that day, she had been repeatedly raped and was on drugs. When she arrived at the man's house, she found it contained several guns. The young woman said that she was afraid that she would be shot, which led her to shoot and kill the man.

Soon she would be arrested and served in the murder.

Cyntoia Brown was convicted of first-degree murder as a teen, could be released from iron college after serving at least 51 years.

The court issued the opinion Thursday at the request of the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which is considering the case of Brown, 30. She has drawn celebrity support from Kim Kardashian West, Rihanna and others as she fights her life sentence for killing a man when she was 16.

Brown's lawyers have said she was a sex-trafficking victim who killed 43-year-old Johnny Allen because she feared for her life. Prosecutors said she shot him and robbed him.

The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled against life-without-parole sentences for juveniles, but Tennessee has argued successfully in lower courts that Brown does have a possibility for parole after 51 years. The ruling Thursday goes to the federal appellate court for review.

Brown's attorneys are working on an appeal based on the controversial Miller v. Alabama case.

The Miller v. Alabama deemed mandatory life sentences without the possibility of parole for juveniles unconstitutional. The US District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee ruled against Brown's appeal on the grounds that she had received a life sentence as a juvenile, not a life sentence without the possibility of parole. The Court of Appeals then reached out to the Tennessee Supreme Court to determine when a person sentenced to life in the state can become eligible for parole upon finding state sentencing laws unclear.