SACRAMENTO (KRON) — Reality television star Kim Kardashian-West made an appearance in Sacramento Monday afternoon to advocate for criminal justice reform in California.
Kardashian-West was in the state capitol in support of an assembly bill introduced today that would allow parolees in California the right to vote.
The bill, authored by Assm. Kevin McCarty (D-Sacramento) and Assm. Lorena Gonzalez (D-San Diego), is being marketed with #FreeTheVoteCA. If passed, the bill would restore voting rights to roughly 50,000 incarcerated Californians who are now on parole, according to McCarty.
Look who’s here to endorse criminal justice reform and #FreeTheVote @KimKardashian pic.twitter.com/ad34MaWLB9— Asm. Kevin McCarty (@AsmKevinMcCarty) January 28, 2019
This is not Kardashian-West’s first brush with the criminal justice reform. The television personality worked with President Donald Trump last year to free Alice Marie Johnson who was serving a life sentence at federal prison in Alabama for drug possession.
Johnson, 63, was convicted in 1996 of conspiracy to possess cocaine and attempted cocaine possession.
With the help of Kardashian-West, Johnson was freed after spending one-third of her life in prison.
When you show up to work and @KimKardashian is there. 👋🏽
Context: She visited #CALeg today to support criminal justice reform and reducing recidivism. pic.twitter.com/kHVPXxcNU5— Asm. Todd Gloria (@AsmToddGloria) January 28, 2019
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