RadioOnFire.com - Kim Kardashian parted from the posh hills of Calabasas for a sitdown with President Trump in Washington on Wednesday, May 30, to petition the release of a woman who has spent the past 21 years behind bars as a first-time offender caught up in a drug conspiracy case.
Kim has been advocating on Alice Johnson's name since October of 2017 when she shared a viral video laying out the Mississippi native's case. Johnson was a single mother who had lost her husband and job and resorted to getting involved in the drug trade as a means of making quick money in the mid 90's. That choice would eventually lead to her arrest in a sting that resulted in her getting life in prison without parole in 1997.
Johnson has contended that she never actually sold drugs, but did play a communications role in the operation. Still, the money laundering and drug conspiracy charges she was convicted of carried a weighty sentence under Alabama's mandatory minimum laws at the time. This, despite her having a record clean of any prior drug convictions.
With Trump advisor Jared Kushner leading a charge to institute drug reform laws in government, many have been reaching out for him to free Johnson as a gesture of goodwill towards the cause. Kim is scheduled to meet with Kushner to discuss the case, before moving a few doors over to formally convene with the President.
Source: gonzagabulletin.com
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