When Sara Kruzan was 16 years old, she shot and killed the man who she says had abused her and trafficked her for sex since she was 13. Almost 30 years later, she has been pardoned by California Gov. Gavin Newsom.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom delivers his annual State of the State address in Sacramento, Calif., March 8, 2022.When Sara Kruzan was 16 years old, she shot and killed the man who she says had abused her and trafficked her for sex since she was 13. Almost 30 years later, she has beenIn 1995, Kruzan was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole for first-degree murder plus a four-year consecutive firearm enhancement after being tried as an adult.
Sara Kruzan is picured in an undated photo released by the California Department of Corrections. Gov. Newsom pardoned Kruzan, a former inmate who received a life sentence when she was a teenager for killing her former pimp, on Friday, July 1, 2022.
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