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| Trump grants Kardashian's clemency plea | Trump grants Kardashian's clemency plea |
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| President Trump has granted clemency to 63-year-old great grandmother Alice Johnson, who has been serving life in prison for a non-violent drug offence. | President Trump has granted clemency to 63-year-old great grandmother Alice Johnson, who has been serving life in prison for a non-violent drug offence. |
| The case was highlighted last week when Kim Kardashian West met Mr Trump to lobby for her release. | The case was highlighted last week when Kim Kardashian West met Mr Trump to lobby for her release. |
| The White House said she had been a model prisoner and worked hard to rehabilitate herself. | |
| Johnson was jailed in 1996, with 15 others, for taking part in a cocaine distribution ring. | Johnson was jailed in 1996, with 15 others, for taking part in a cocaine distribution ring. |
| She was convicted on possession and money-laundering charges in Tennessee. | |
| Johnson met the criteria for former President Barack Obama's Clemency Project 2014 but was turned down for release just days before the end of his term. | |
| "Ms Johnson has accepted responsibility for her past behaviour and has been a model prisoner over the past two decades," the White House said in a statement. | |
| "Despite receiving a life sentence, Alice worked hard to rehabilitate herself in prison, and act as a mentor to her fellow inmates." | |
| Kardashian joined what has been a long-running campaign for Johnson's freedom, spearheaded by the Can-Do foundation, friends and family. |