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

Kemba Smith Pradia was convicted of a non-violent drug offense in 1994, despite never selling or using drugs. She was ...

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

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

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

Among the round of pardons issued by President Biden on his last day in office was Kemba Smith Pradia. Pradia was a college ...

On Sunday, Jan. 19, Biden announced that he used his clemency power to pardon Richmond native and criminal justice advocate ...

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 has posthumously pardoned Black nationalist Marcus Garvey, who influenced Malcolm X and other Black civil ...

Kemba Smith Pradia waited 24 years. She had been out of federal prison since 2000, after former President Bill Clinton commuted her 294-month sentence. But it took another 24 years, until Biden ...

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 ...