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Family, greet her at the prison gates, hugs, crying, laughing, i nuve i did something right. >> that was president trump at the "state of the union" address to tell the inspiring story of alice johnson who wrote a piece for foxnews.com titled, "i was sentenced to life in prison. here is why i never lost hope." she served 20 years in prison on drug-related charges until the sentence was commuted by the president in june of 2018. compare it to the prison time served for the american tall ban, john walker lindh who was recently released on probation after serving only 17 years of a 20-year senten...

Chaos. >> at home i got lots of water, generator, flashlights, batteries, canned food. >> what do you think's going to happen? >> i think there's going to be riots. >> get ready. computer failures will shut down electric utilities, prison gates will swing open at midnight, terrorist attacks will occur in larger cities, and wild dog packs will roam the streets. many of these books recommend stockpiling weapons as a precaution. >> i just wanted to be prepared in case anything happens for y2k.

When i saw alice's beautiful family greet her at the prison gates, hugging and kissing and crying and laughing. i knew i did something right. alice is with us tonight and she is a terrific woman. terrific. alice, please. [ applause ] alice, thank you for reminding us that we always have the power to shape our own destiny.

When i saw alice's beautiful family greet her at the prison gates, hugging and kissing, crying and laughing, i knew i did it, i did something right. alice's with us tonight, and she is a terrific woman. terrific. alice, please. [applause] alice, thank you for reminding us that we always have the power to shape our own destiny. thank you very much, alice,

Nonviolent drug offender. over the next 22 years, she became a prison minister, inspiring others to choose a better path. she had a big impact on that prison population and far beyond. alice's story underscores the disparities and unfairness that can exist in criminal sentencing and the need to remedy this total injustice. she served almost that 22 years, and had expected to be in prison for the remainder of her life. in june, i commuted alice's sentence. when i saw alice's beautiful family greet her at the prison gates, hugging and kissing and