Cyntoia Brown: did Kim Kardashian get her out of prison?

Beyond Today

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🗓️ 9 August 2019

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Cyntoia Brown was 16 when she was jailed for life for murder. This week she walked free after the Governor of Tennessee granted her clemency. She was backed by a number of powerful celebrities including Kim Kardashian who used social media to highlight her case as part of a campaign to get young black Americans out of unfair jail sentences. We speak to Samantha Schmidt from the Washington Post about the details of the case. We also hear from Kevin Sharp, former judge who went to the White House with Kim Kardashian. Producers: Philly Beaumont, Jessica Beck Mixed by Nicolas Raufast Editor: John Shields

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts.
0:04.6	Hello, I'm Matthew Price.
0:08.8	This is Beyond Today from BBC Radio 4.
0:11.4	Each day we ask one big question about one big story.
0:17.0	Today, Cynthia Brown, did Kim Kardashian get her out of prison?
0:27.0	I'd like to invite up a very special guest and a powerful advocate for not only
0:38.1	justice reform but just a good person. If you really want a story to fly, a
0:42.1	story to boost views or clicks, you use a reality TV star.
0:47.0	And I hear she's starting to study law. She's also one of the most successful people in the entertainment business.
0:53.0	Or even better too.
0:54.4	Soon she'll be one of the most successful lawyers.
0:56.6	I hate to tell all my lawyers back there.
0:59.4	The story of maybe the world's ultimate celebrity,
1:02.8	Kim Kardashian West.
1:04.8	Teaming up with probably the ultimate celebrity president
1:09.4	to get young black Americans out of unfair jail sentences seems almost too good to be true.
1:17.9	But this week a young woman called Cynthia Brown walked out of prison, walked away from a life sentence.
1:25.0	Was that because Kim Kardashian got involved?
1:28.5	I rang America to find out.
1:30.9	I spoke to a judge who's been to the White House with Kim Kardashian and a reporter for the
1:36.4	Washington Post, a woman called Samantha Schmidt, to find out the details of this case.
1:42.0	Cynthia Brown was a homeless teenager at the time.
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