Trump Names ‘Pardon Czar’ to Advise on Clemency

President Trump commuted Alice Johnson’s life sentence during his first term, and later pardoned her for her drug conviction. She will advise him on similar cases.

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Trump May Name Alice Johnson to Be ‘Pardon Czar’

Alice Marie Johnson was serving a life sentence for a nonviolent drug conviction when the president commuted her sentence in 2018. Since then, she has become a criminal justice reform activist.

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