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The Justice Project follows the reality star as she moves from influencer to legal advocate – but it leaves us wondering exactly what change she wants to see and why
Nineteen-ninety-one was a tough year for Alice Marie Johnson. A single mother, Johnson had a gambling addiction that led her to lose her job and eventually her husband. Soon after, her 12-year-old son was killed in a road accident and Johnson filed for bankruptcy. She says she was thinking of her children when she decided to become a telephone drug mule – using her phone line to connect dealers to suppliers. It was Johnson’s first and only offence, and despite never touching the drugs herself, she was given a sentence of life plus 25 years.
So starts Justice Project, a feature-length documentary following Kim Kardashian West’s journey to becoming a criminal-justice advocate. Kardashian West tells us how she originally read about Johnson’s case on Twitter and felt compelled to do something. She met with US president Donald Trump in 2018 and shortly after, Johnson was granted clemency. Continue reading...