Sticky!

I did not understand the sweeping impact of that crime bill, and I underestimated the power and NEED FOR criminal justice reform.

Obama should have done that - Obama COULD have done that! Trump did it. He is amazing. He is the President we needed, even though we didn't deserve him.

Spez: So I did some research. Duke Tanner applied to Obama for clemency and it was denied! His request was based on changes to the laws in 2014 that reduced sentencing guidelines for his crime. Duke was one of five granted clemency. I was wondering who it was that was organizing these - it was Alice Johnson!

“I’m extremely thankful these clemencies were granted,” said Johnson, a Black woman whose life sentence for a nonviolent drug offense was commuted in 2018 by Trump. The president was lobbied to act on Johnson’s case by celebrity Kim Kardashian West. “To see this dream realized, I can’t even describe it.”

Johnson, who praised Trump as a compassionate leader during the Republican National Convention, received a full pardon from Trump in August and has been advocating for clemency for several men and women she said ”have served their time and have learned from their mistakes.”

The White House declined to comment on Johnson’s lobbying on behalf of those who were granted clemency.

Sticky!

I did not understand the sweeping impact of that crime bill, and I underestimated the power and NEED FOR criminal justice reform.

Obama should have done that - Obama COULD have done that! Trump did it. He is amazing. He is the President we needed, even though we didn't deserve him.