There is now a presidential pardon czar whose job is to recommend presidential commutations and pardons, who was herself pardoned after spending 20 years in a federal prison for a first-time, nonviolent offense: https://www.npr.org/2025/02/25/nx-s1-5307330/trump-pardon-czar-who-is-alice-marie-johnson

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