LIFE SENTENCE PARDON | ALICE JOHNSON

December 22, 2022

On this episode of Let’s Be Blunt, Montel talks with Alice Johnson, a former federal prisoner turned advocate who received worldwide attention when Kim Kardashian advocated for her release from a mandatory life sentence without parole for a first-time nonviolent drug case. After almost 22 years in federal prison, she was granted clemency in 2018 and later a full pardon by President Donald Trump in 2020. Her powerful story has been deemed a “catalyst” for the passage of the First Step Act, the most significant criminal justice legislation in recent history. She’s an ambassador for the Stand Together Foundation and a board member for the Duke University Wilson Center for Science and Justice. She was appointed to the board of Ready Life, a fintech platform and was featured in a commercial that aired on ESPN2 during the 2022 Orange Bowl Classic.

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