Alice Johnson, who received a life sentence for a first-time drug offense, receives a pardon from U.S. President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, U.S., August 28, 2020. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump granted a full pardon on Friday to Alice Marie Johnson, a Tennessee woman who received a life sentence for a first-time drug offense and whose cause was taken up by the celebrity Kim Kardashian West.
Trump, who commuted Johnson's sentence in 2018 after she had served more than 20 years in prison, signed the pardon during a meeting with Johnson in the Oval Office.
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