Bill Haslam

In 2015, lawmakers in my home state of Tennessee passed legislation to designate the Holy Bible as the official state book. The bill passed with a jumbled mix of bipartisan support and opposition. Then-Gov. Bill Haslam, a Republican and evangelical Presby...

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Cyntoia Brown, 31, whose murder conviction at 16 years of age galvanized A-list celebrities to campaign for criminal justice reform, was freed from prison after Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam granted her clemency earlier this year....

When Governor Bill Haslam was in office, 1,059 applications for clemency came into the parole board. From that, the board sent 43 to the governor's desk for consideration. Many of the applications come from inmates that are representing themselves, bu...

Cyntoia Brown was released from prison early Wednesday morning after being granted clemency in January by then-Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam, according to the Tennessee Department of Corrections....

Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam commuted Cyntoia Brown's sentence in January, saying she had been given "too harsh" a punishment for the 2004 murder of a real estate agent in the city of Nashville. Brown, now 31, was released from prison early ...

Kim Kardashian West, Rihanna, Snoop Dogg and LeBron James had lobbied for Brown's release, calling her a sex trafficking victim. She was granted clemency in January by outgoing Gov. Bill Haslam....

The woman who was granted clemency from former Tennessee governor Bill Haslam will be released from prison Wednesday. Cyntoia Brown will be released to parole supervision on Aug. 7, exactly 15 years to the day when she was arrested in 2004....

Cyntoia Brown, who served 15 years of a life sentence for killing a man when she was 16, has been released from a Nashville prison, Tennessee officials announced early Wednesday. Earlier this year, then-Gov. Bill Haslam took the unusual step of granting B...

Cyntoia Brown, 31, whose murder conviction at 16 years of age galvanized A-list celebrities to campaign for criminal justice reform, was freed from prison after Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam granted her clemency earlier this year. Celebrities like Kim Ka...

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Cyntoia Brown was released from prison early Wednesday morning after being granted clemency in January by then-Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam, according to the Tennessee Department of Corrections....

Sex-trafficking victim Cyntoia Brown, who was sentenced to life in prison when she was 16 for killing a man who used her for sex, has walked free. In January then-Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam granted Brown clemency, after Kim Kardashian West, Rihanna, and o...

Cyntoia Brown was released from prison early Wednesday morning after being granted clemency in January by then-Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam, according to the Tennessee Department of Corrections.Initially sentenced to life in prison for killing a man who bou...

After being granted clemency earlier this year , Cyntoia Brown is walking free. Brown, who in 2006 was sentenced to life in prison over the murder and robbery of Johnny Allen, was released on parole on Wednesday after Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam (R) grante...

Cyntoia Brown was released from prison early Wednesday morning after being granted clemency in January by then-Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam, according to the Tennessee Department of Corrections....

Cyntoia Brown was released from prison early Wednesday morning after being granted clemency in January by then-Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam, according to the Tennessee Department of Corrections....

Cyntoia Brown was released from prison early Wednesday morning after being granted clemency in January by then-Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam, according to the Tennessee Department of Corrections....

Cyntoia Brown was released from prison early Wednesday morning after being granted clemency by Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam in January, according to the Tennessee Department of Corrections....

Cyntoia Brown was released from prison early Wednesday morning after being granted clemency by then-Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam in January, according to the Tennessee Department of Corrections.Initially sentenced to life in prison for killing a man who bou...

Then-Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam granted clemency to Brown, who was serving a life sentence for the 2004 murder of a man who picked her up and took her to his home....

The woman who was granted clemency from former Tennessee governor Bill Haslam will be released from prison Wednesday. Cyntoia Brown will be released to parole supervision on Aug. 7, exactly 15 ye......

Cyntoia Brown was released from prison early Wednesday morning after being granted clemency by then-Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam in January, according to the Tennessee Department of Corrections....

Cyntoia Brown was released from prison early Wednesday morning after being granted clemency by Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam in January, according to the Tennessee Department of Corrections.Cyntoia Brown was released from prison early Wednesday morning after...

Cyntoia Brown was released from prison early Wednesday morning after being granted clemency by Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam in January, according to the Tennessee Department of Corrections....

Cyntoia Brown was released from prison early Wednesday morning after being granted clemency by then-Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam in January, according to the Tennessee Department of Corrections....

Cyntoia Brown, the woman who was convicted of killing her sex trafficker and sentenced to life in prison, is now free from prison.Brown was granted clemency in January by then-Gov. Bill Haslam and officially released early Wednesday morning, according to ...

Cyntoia Brown is free. It's been 15 years to the day since those words were true. Brown spent a decade and a half behind bars on charges of murder and robbery, but was granted clemency from former Gov. Bill Haslam. Brown says she was a sex trafficking...

Cyntoia Brown is free. It's been 15 years to the day since those words were true. Brown spent a decade and a half behind bars on charges of murder and robbery, but was granted clemency from former Gov. Bill Haslam. Brown says she was a sex trafficking...

Cyntoia Brown is free. It's been 15 years to the day since those words were true. Brown spent a decade and a half behind bars on charges of murder and robbery, but was granted clemency from former Gov. Bill Haslam. Brown says she was a sex trafficking...

Kim Kardashian West, Rihanna and other celebrities had lobbied for Cyntoia Brown's release, and then-Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam agreed in January....

Kim Kardashian West, Rihanna and other celebrities had lobbied for Cyntoia Brown's release, and then-Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam agreed in January....

Kim Kardashian West, Rihanna and other celebrities had lobbied for Cyntoia Brown's release, and then-Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam agreed in January....

Kim Kardashian West, Rihanna and other celebrities had lobbied for Cyntoia Brown's release, and then-Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam agreed in January....

Kim Kardashian West, Rihanna and other celebrities had lobbied for Cyntoia Brown's release, and then-Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam agreed in January....

Kim Kardashian West, Rihanna and other celebrities had lobbied for Cyntoia Brown's release, and then-Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam agreed in January....

Kim Kardashian West, Rihanna and other celebrities had lobbied for Cyntoia Brown's release, and then-Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam agreed in January....

Kim Kardashian West, Rihanna and other celebrities had lobbied for Cyntoia Brown's release, and then-Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam agreed in January....

Kim Kardashian West, Rihanna and other celebrities had lobbied for Cyntoia Brown's release, and then-Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam agreed in January....

Kim Kardashian West, Rihanna and other celebrities had lobbied for Cyntoia Brown's release, and then-Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam agreed in January....

Kim Kardashian West, Rihanna and other celebrities had lobbied for Cyntoia Brown's release, and then-Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam agreed in January....

Kim Kardashian West, Rihanna and other celebrities had lobbied for Cyntoia Brown's release, and then-Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam agreed in January....

Kim Kardashian West, Rihanna and other celebrities had lobbied for Cyntoia Brown's release, and then-Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam agreed in January....

The woman who was granted clemency from former Tennessee governor Bill Haslam will be released from prison Wednesday. Cyntoia Brown will be released to parole supervision on Aug. 7, exactly 15 ye......

After spending 15 years behind bars, Cyntoia Brown will be freed from prison this week. She will walk out of the Tennessee Prison for Women on August 7 after former Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam granted her clemency in January. Ahead of her release, Brow...

After spending half of her life behind bars, Cyntoia Brown will walk out of prison next week a free woman. She will be released to parole supervision August 7, according to former Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam, who granted her clemency eight months ago....

After spending half of her life behind bars, Cyntoia Brown will walk out of prison next week a free woman. She will be released to parole supervision August 7, according to former Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam, who granted her clemency eight months ago....

After spending half of her life behind bars, Cyntoia Brown will walk out of prison next week a free woman. She will be released to parole supervision August 7, according to former Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam, who granted her clemency eight months ago....

After spending half of her life behind bars, Cyntoia Brown will walk out of prison next week a free woman. She will be released to parole supervision on August 7, according to former Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam, who granted her clemency eight months ago....

After spending half of her life behind bars, Cyntoia Brown will walk out of prison next week a free woman. She will be released to parole supervision August 7, according to former Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam, who granted her clemency eight months ago....