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June 7, 2018

Trump Commutes Life Sentence of Nonviolent Drug Offender Alice Marie Johnson
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President Trump has commuted the life sentence of a woman who was
imprisoned for a first-time nonviolent drug offense, after her cause was
taken up by reality television star Kim Kardashian West. Alice Marie
Johnson, a 63-year-old grandmother from Memphis, was released Wednesday
from federal prison in Aliceville, Alabama, where she had been serving
her sentence for nearly 22 years.

Alice Marie Johnson: "This is a miracle day. This has been one-the
greatest day of my life, the most unexpected thing to happen to me in my
life. … I'm just so thankful. I feel like my life is starting over
again."

We'll have more on Trump's commutation of Alice Marie Johnson's life
sentence after headlines.


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