Here's a look at the cases Kim Kardashian explored in her documentary and her plans moving forward.
has become the face of criminal justice reform. In the years since, she’s partnered with the advocacy group #cut50 to help bring awareness and changes to systemic problems that have led to unfair sentencing. , the media mogul chronicles her journey as she meets with policymakers and lobbies public officials, reviews cases, sits down with people behind bars who need her help, and works with her legal team to facilitate their release.
While she’s received and reviewed many letters from incarcerated individuals seeking her help to expose the injustices in their convictions or sentencings, Kardashian West narrows her efforts on four cases involving Alexis Martin, David Sheppard, Dawn Jackson and Momolu Stewart, giving context to each of their stories. Early in the documentary, Kardashian West reads a letter from Jackson, a mother of seven who was found guilty of stabbing a man to death.
The next case involves Martin, who was 15 years old when she was arrested for aggravated murder and was serving out a minimum 21-year sentence when she reached out to Kardashian West. The reality star sat down with Martin, who was abused as a child before getting mixed up with a drug dealer. “He raped me,” she tells a visibly moved Kardashian West. star goes to Washington, D.C.
No matter what, these four cases in the documentary, Jackson says, ”highlighted larger systemic issues” that they hope to change for good. And those issues are part of Kardashian West’s focus moving forward, as she continues to help develop and advocate for more policy changes.
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