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California pardoned Sara Kruzan last Friday, a woman who was convicted in 1994 for the murder of a man who she claimed sexually abused and trafficked her. Governor Gavin Newsom acted as a part of a larger movement to reevaluate sentencing throughout the country.
A North Carolina man was pardoned for a wrongful murder conviction. Governor Roy Cooper pardoned Montoyae Sharpe.
In the last hours of his role as the 45th President of the United States, Donald Trump pardoned prominent rap figures such as Lil Wayne, Kodak Black and Death Row Records co-founder Michael Harris. Although Trump used the last days of his presidency to pardon or commutate the prison sentences of 143 people, countless social media users have expressed their confusion over the former president's decision to grant clemency to certain artists over others.
