Say what you want about Pres. Trump’s commutation of Alice Johnson’s sentence, — I believe she served more than was just — but she did miss more than two decades of her family’s life, serving a life sentence plus 25 years for a non-violent drug offense.
Ms. Johnson was released Wednesday evening and her family was there to meet her.
Alice Johnson has been released from federal prison after POTUS signed an order commuting her sentence. @KimKardashian pushed for Ms. Johnson's release for months after learning of her plight on Twitter. Ms. Johnson was set to serve life in prison for a non-violent drug offense. pic.twitter.com/QcOXPH6H2R
— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) June 6, 2018
The video definitely lends to the humanity of the person behind the name as pundits and politicians argue the merits of Trump’s pardon after a visit by Johnson’s champion, Kim Kardashian West, who had been speaking with White House adviser and Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, about her case for months.
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