Sharanda Jones was sentenced to life with no parole, despite her lack of any criminal record, for the trafficking of cocaine. She had been in jail for seventeen years when Obama reached out to communicate with her. He made the decision to grant her clemency, which is a pardon. She had applied for her case to be reviewed by the president and felt overwhelmingly blessed to be one of the ones chosen to be released. This is a beautiful story because this woman truly seems to be repentive and fully committed to a new life of freedom and not messing it up. She has started a movement and she believes her voice needs to be heard because in prison she had no voice. She got arrested when her daughter was eight and its amazing how she wants to make up for time lost with her and have a close relationship with her because of the times in her daughter's life she has missed.
http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/01/politics/clemency-sharanda-jones/index.html
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