Essence Magazine:
By Jasmine Browley ·Updated January 20, 2025
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 24 years in federal prison.
Smith Pradia was a college student when she became involved in an abusive relationship with Peter Hall, a drug dealer. Throughout their relationship, she endured repeated abuse and feared
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