what the jury never heard was the story of brown s life up to that point. born to a mother who drank every day of her pregnancy, the repeated rapes, emotional and physical abuse at the hands of a 24-year-old drug dealer and pimp who forced brown into prostitution. today 13 years into a life sentence in tennessee brown has earned an associate s degree and is described as supporters as a model prisoner. she won t be eligible for parole until she s at least 67 years old which supporters, including one of the prosecutors responsible for keeping her in prison, who later became her professor, says is too high a price to pay for a reckless decision made by a sex trafficking victim when she was under age. joining me now is cyntoria brown s attorney charles bones. let s talk about the original trial. why is it that the jury was not allowed to hear about this young woman s life? there s a story in the national scene, very lengthy. we ll put it on our social