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- ↑ "All the president's pardons".
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- ↑ "Trump grants clemency to Crystal Munoz, inmate friends with Alice Marie Johnson". NBC News.
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- ↑ Simpson-Mersha, Isis (2020-12-23). "Man who served 20 years in marijuana case has sentenced commuted by governor". MLive.com. Retrieved 2020-12-30.
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