Murder to Mercy - The Cyntoia Brown Story (2020)
ジャンル : ドキュメンタリー
上映時間 : 1時間 36分
演出 : Daniel H. Birman
シノプシス
After 16-year-old Cyntoia Brown is sentenced to life in prison, questions about her past, physiology and the law itself call her guilt into question.
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