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Alice Marie Johnson was jailed for a first-time drug offence in 1993. Her arrest was part of an operation that transported cocaine from Houston to Memphis, relaying coded messages between ...
Alice Marie Johnson (born May 30, 1955) is an American criminal justice reform advocate and former federal prisoner. She was convicted in 1996 for her involvement in a Memphis cocaine trafficking organization and sentenced to life imprisonment.
Gina Danals. In 1996, Alice Marie Johnson was sentenced to life imprisonment for her involvement in a drug trade. After 21 years in prison, Johnson was granted clemency after Kim Kardashian...
A first-time nonviolent drug offender, Johnson served 21 years in an Alabama prison after she was convicted on charges of conspiracy to possess cocaine and attempted possession of cocaine,...
Human Rights Researcher, ACLU Human Rights Program. June 14, 2018. I first met Alice Marie Johnson in April 2013. Seeking to tell the stories of the “living dead,” or the over 3,200 people serving life sentences without parole for nonviolent offenses, I wrote to prisoners around the country.
Washington CNN — President Donald Trump granted Alice Marie Johnson a pardon on Friday, after commuting her prison sentence two years ago. “We’re giving Alice a full pardon. I just told her,”...
By Adam Edelman. Alice Marie Johnson, the 63-year-old great-grandmother whose life sentence for a drug conviction was commuted by President Donald Trump, said Thursday that her release from...
