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ALICE MARIE JOHNSON IS FREE. NOW IT’S TIME TO FREE THOUSANDS MORE PRISONERS WITH UNJUSTLY LONG SENTENCES.
“Kim Kardashian’s successful campaign to free a 63-year-old grandmother serving a life sentence in a drug case is a reminder that we need to go big on clemency. A 52-year-old grandfather named Euka Wadlington, also doing life in a drug case, would be a great place to start.” Read full article.
Alice Marie Johnson Is Granted Clemency by Trump After Push by Kim Kardashian West
Contrary to the policies his own Justice Department has enacted since he took office, Trump commuted the sentence of 63-year-old grandmother Alice Johnson on Wednesday. Read full article.
Criminal Justice Reform Advocates to Hold Forum on July 25 to Discuss Clemency in the Trump Era, Featuring Commutation Recipient Alice Johnson & Bipartisan Clemency Advocates
Media Advisory FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 17, 2018 Contact: Jonathan Kaplan, 202.721.5600 jonathan.kaplan@opensocietyfoundations.org Criminal Justice Reform Advocates to Hold Forum on July 25 to Discuss Clemency in the Trump Era, Featuring Commutation Recipient Alice Johnson & Bipartisan Clemency Advocates What: Justice Roundtable will host a forum on July 25, 2018 from 11:30 am to 2:00 pm to explore clemency for drug offenses, focusing on its use in the Bush, Clinton and Obama presidencies, how it is being handled during the Trump presidency and concrete ways it can be enhanced today and beyond. Where: George Washington University Law School, Moot Court Room 2000 H Street NW, Washington, DC When: 11:30 am to 2:00 pm; Wednesday, July 25, 2018 Event Schedule 11:30 – 12:20: Lunch & Press Reception with Q and A featuring Ms. Alice Johnson, whose life without parole sentence for drug conspiracy was commuted by President Trump. The conversation will be facilitated by MiAngel Cody, Executive Director, The Decarceration Collective. Press availability with panelists and other special guests. 12:30 – 2:00: Clemency Panel Discussions What it Was Roy Austin, former White House Domestic Policy Council Rachel Barkow, Commissioner U.S. Sentencing Commission Jason Hernandez, sentence commutation by President Obama Amy Povah, Director CANDO Foundation & Clinton commutee What it Is Mark Holden, General Counsel, Koch Industries Van Jones, political commentator, host of The Van Jones Show Brittany Barnett, founder Buried Alive Project, Attorney for Alice Johnson Alice Marie Johnson, sentenced commutation by President Trump What it Can Be Mark Osler, Professor & Distinguished Chair, Univ. of St. Thomas Law School Paul Larkin, Senior Fellow, Meese Center, Heritage Foundation Ebony Underwood, founder, We Got Us Now Andrea James, Natl Council Incarcerated & Formerly Incarcerated Women & Girls Panels Moderated by Nkechi Taifa, Convener Justice Roundtable Coalition
Sign On Letter for Alice Johnson
May 30, 2018 President Donald Trump The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20500 Re: Clemency for Alice Marie Johnson #14873-076 Dear Mr. President: We are writing to urge you to grant clemency to Alice Marie Johnson. We join a strong list of supporters for clemency for Alice including U.S. Representatives Steve Cohen […]
Personal Statement of Nkechi Taifa on Today’s Granting of Compassionate Release to William Underwood
The godsend of the granting of compassionate release to William Underwood today is a matter of preparation and persistence meeting opportunity. The blessing is the story of a family that never gave up. Lawyers who were relentless. The power of strange bedfellows. And it is a story of the constant demand for justice. […]
Justice Roundtable Quarterly Assembly: June 4th, 2020
What? Justice Roundtable partners and allies will assemble to network, share information, and provide strategic thinking to advance the JR goals. Where? Virtual via Complimentary Zoom Event When? Thursday, June 4, 2019 Virtual Assembly (Eastern Standard Time) 9:30 am EST – Virtual Networking 10:00 am – 11:15 am – Features via Zoom Webinar (separate registration) […]
4 Days of Vote for Justice Virtual Replay Viewings
Vote for Justice: An Evening of Empowerment with Artists and Activists was hosted by the Justice Roundtable and held on May 9, 2018 at Washington, DC’s iconic Newseum. The event brought together artists and activists to contribute to energizing the growing movement for criminal justice reform. The evening was a high profile multi-media experience combining […]
Activist Topeka K. Sam Sets Deal With 44 Blue Productions
“Activist and social entrepreneur Topeka K. Sam has signed a development deal with 44 Blue Productions. Under the deal with 44 Blue, which is part of Red Arrow Studios, Sam will develop both scripted and unscripted series inspired by her fight to change the many problems that plague female incarceration. Sam recently made headlines after creating […]
Trump may be inching toward broad criminal sentencing reform
“Will Trump embrace reform of federal mandatory minimum sentencing? In June, he commuted the sentence of Alice Marie Johnson, a great-grandmother sentenced to life without parole for serious but nonviolent drug offenses, at the request of reality TV star Kim Kardashian. Federal mandatory minimum sentences were supposed to ensure that drug kingpins served hard time. But […]
Livestream Archive-Clemency: What is was, what it is, what it can be
View the Justice Roundtable’s July 25, 2018 forum featuring Alice Marie Johnson whose sentence was commuted by Donald Trump in 2018 View video CLEMENCY: What it was, What it is, What it can be George Washington University Law School 11:30 – 12:20: Lunch Press Reception (Great Hall), featuring Alice Marie Johnson (Trump Commutee) Norman Brown (Obama Commutee) […]
Convener’s Corner | June 2018
June 1, 2018 Clemency Letter for Alice Marie Johnson to Donald Trump May 30, 2018 President Donald TrumpThe White House1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20500 Re: Clemency for Alice Marie Johnson #14873-076 Dear Mr. President:We are writing to urge you to grant clemency to Alice Marie Johnson. We join a strong list of supporters […]
Kim Kardashian Visits Trump White House to Advocate for Prisoner
Kim Kardashian meets with Trump and Kushner to advocate for Alice Marie Johnson, a grandmother imprisoned for a first-time drug offense Read full article.
Does this grandmother really deserve a life sentence without parole?
Alice Marie Johnson has been in prison for 21 years for a first-time, nonviolent drug offense. Does this grandmother really deserve a life sentence without parole? View video
Clemency Spotlight – 25 Women Deserving of Clemency
The Top 25 Women Deserving Presidential Clemency is a list of extraordinarily, worthy women whose time in federal prison should end. All these women were found guilty of “drug conspiracy.” The vast majority of people know nothing about conspiracy cases or that it’s possible to receive a LIFE sentence, even if you never buy, sell […]
Real Women, Real Voices: Where People Meet the Policy
The Real Women, Real Voices: Where People Meet the Policy symposium organized by the National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls (The Council) will occur Friday, December 2, 2016 from 5:00-8:00PM. A reception begins at 4pm. Real Women, Real Voices: Where the People Meet the Policy symposia are a groundbreaking events focusing […]