TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Barry Kolar on Mar 3, 2020

The Tennessee House passed legislation (HB 1650) enabling human trafficking to be used as a self-defense in criminal cases, the Daily Memphian reports. “This is not a get-out-of-jail free card, it’s an opportunity for human trafficking victims to take their claim into court,” the bill’s sponsor, Rep. London Lamar, D-Memphis, said shortly before the House passed her first bill unanimously. The bill was proposed in reaction to the case of Cyntoia Brown, who was convicted of killing 43-year-old Johnny Mitchell Allen when she was a 16-year-old prostitute. She was sentenced to 51 years in prison.