Kemba Smith Pradia, a Richmond native who served more than six years of a 24½-year federal prison sentence before she was pardoned by President Bill Clinton, was appointed to the Virginia Parole Board on Friday.
Prior to the appointment, Pradia was the state advocacy campaigns director with the ACLU of Virginia. Pradia, the author of “Poster Child: The Kemba Smith Story,” has been a national advocate for sentencing reform and a consultant on the criminal justice system for over 20 years.
According to Gov. Ralph Northam’s office, Pradia has worked with officials at the White House, the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, and members of Congress, and has led training for federal and state probation organizations across the country.
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2 comments:
If she has anything to do with the ACLU its not good for the state or the country. Sounds like a affirmative action hire to appease after the Va Governor was caught in his KKK uniform--that's all. So now this is supposed to be wonderful that Va has a racist convicted drug dealer with a social work degree determining parole for other drug dealers.
24.5 year sentence, isn't that a felony punishment
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