Alice Johnson Granted Clemency By President Trump After Kim Kardashian's Involvement

President Donald Trump granted clemency on Wednesday to Alice Marie Johnson, a first-time nonviolent drug offender who was given a life sentence without parole.

The 63-year-old great-grandmother — whose case has been spotlighted recently by Kim Kardashian West and media houses will be released from federal prison in Aliceville, Alabama, where she has been serving her sentence since 1996.

News of Johnson’s release comes a week after Kardashian West advocated for her in an Oval Office meeting with Trump.