Alice Marie Johnson granted clemency by Trump
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source63 president has announced he commuted the life sentence of alice marie johnson a 63-year-old serving for a first-time nonviolent drug offense on wednesday1 kardashian has spent months using her platform . she met with the president to discuss the possibility of revisiting johnsons sentence1 i would like to thank president trump for his time this afternoon kardashian visit in may1 it is our hope that the president will grant clemency to ms. alice marie johnson who is serving a life sentence for a first-time non-violent drug offense1 johnson wasfor helping a multimillion-dollar cocaine ring something johnson said she and was unable to support her family1 in an op-ed titledfor cnn johnson wrote that her life began to spiral out of control after the loss of her son and her divorce1 trumps decision comesdays after reality star spoke with the about prison reform and sentencing1 this was a road i never dreamed of venturing down. i became what is called a telephone mule passing messages between the distributors and sellers1 i participated in a drug conspiracy and i was wrong1 the white house released a statement on wednesday commending johnson for her ability to rehabilitate herself in prison1 johnsons clemency was supported by her warden arcala washington-adduci who told the white house she is a model inmate who is willing to go above and beyond in all work tasks1 while this administration will always be very tough on crime it believes that those who have paid their debt to society and worked hard to better themselves while in prison deserve a second chance the white house statement read1 i made the biggest mistake of my life to make ends meet and got involved with people selling drugs johnson wrote in her cnn piece1