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

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

In a final round of clemency, Biden approves the pardons of activists Marcus Garvey, Kemba Smith Pradia, and more before he leaves office.

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

On the Martin Luther King Jr. commemorative holiday, we received undeniable evidence that all pardons are not created equal. Richmond native Kemba Smith Pradia and Don Scott, a Portsmouth Democrat ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Biden posthumously pardons Black nationalist Marcus Garvey, and pardons activists Ravi Ragbir and Kemba Smith Pradia.

President Joe Biden on Sunday posthumously pardoned Black nationalist Marcus Garvey , who influenced Malcolm X and was ...

On Sunday, Jan. 19, Biden announced that he used his clemency power to pardon Richmond native and criminal justice advocate Kemba Smith Pradia, who was previously convicted of a non-violent drug ...

Biden posthumously pardons Black nationalist Marcus Garvey, and pardons activists Ravi Ragbir and Kemba Smith Pradia.

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, a criminal justice advocate who was previously convicted of a non-violent drug offense in 1994, also was pardoned. Mr. Biden commuted the sentences of two others who were ...