Woman thanks Trump for ‘mercy’ in commuting her sentence
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A woman whose life sentence was commuted by President Donald Trump thanked him on Thursday for “having mercy” and said reality TV star Kim Kardashian West saved her life.
After flexing his clemency powers once again, Trump tweeted: “Good luck to Alice Johnson. Have a wonderful life!”
And “BEST NEWS EVER!!!!” was the exuberant Twitter response from Kardashian West, who visited the White House last week to press the case.
Johnson, 63, spent more than two decades serving life without parole. She was released hours after the White House announced that Trump had commuted her sentence, running to greet her family with her arms opened wide for a group hug outside the federal prison in Aliceville, Alabama.