"This incredible act of grace reaffirms the belief that our past does not define our future," Smith said on Instagram.

On January 19, 2025, former president Joe Biden pardoned Kemba Smith Pradia who was convicted in 1994 of a non-violent drug crime. She was sentenced to 24.

Smith was charged with conspiracy to distribute cocaine because she was involved in an abusive relationship with a drug ...

Biden pardoned five individuals, including activist Kemba Smith Pradia, promoting criminal justice reform and rehabilitation.

Among those pardoned was criminal justice advocate Kemba Smith Pradia. Convicted in 1994 for a nonviolent drug offense, Smith was sentenced to 24 years in prison. Despite never using or selling ...

Among the round of pardons issued by President Biden on his last day in office was Kemba Smith Pradia. Pradia was a college student when she found herself in an abusive relationship with her boyfriend ...

What should have been an unambiguously joyful moment for pardon recipients should not be tarnished by Trump's affirmation of ...

On his final full day in office, on Sunday, January 19, President Biden announced that he leveraged his clemency power to pardon Kemba Smith Pradia, who was previously convicted and sentenced to ...

In a final round of clemency, Biden approves the pardons of activists Marcus Garvey, Kemba Smith Pradia, and more before he leaves office.

President Joe Biden on Sunday posthumously pardoned Black nationalist Marcus Garvey, who influenced Malcolm X and was ...

Kemba Smith Pradia, who was convicted of a drug offense in 1994 and sentenced to 24 years behind bars. She has since become a prison reform activist. President Bill Clinton commuted her sentence ...

President Joe Biden on Sunday posthumously pardoned Black nationalist Marcus Garvey, who influenced Malcolm X and was convicted of mail fraud in the 1920s. Biden also pardoned immigrant rights ...