‘I fell on my knees and thanked God’

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Among the round of pardons President Biden issued on his last day in office was Kemba Smith Pradia. Pradia was a university student when she found herself in an abusive relationship with her boyfriend, who also sold drugs. Although she never handled or distributed drugs herself, Kemba was sentenced to 24.5 years in federal prison. Pradia and Janai Nelson, president and director of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund join Ali right after the historic announcement. Pradia’s case exemplifies a broken justice system and the war on drugs — a system that trapped first-time, non-violent drug offenders with long mandatory minimum sentences. With the help of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, her conviction was overturned by President Clinton in 2000. Today, more than 24 years later, she has been fully pardoned by President Biden.