ROLE AS JUSTICE CAMPAIGNER
the face by a drug addict, your best friend is killed at 16, shot – when you see these things any adult will know that this child needs some type of therapy.”
Kim’s connection to President Trump, a long-time friend of 42-year-old Kanye, has helped open doors that were previously shut for criminal justice campaigners.
Two years ago Kim helped win the release of Tennessee gran Alice Marie Johnson, 65.
Johnson was given a life sentence without parole in 1997 for trafficking cocaine. Kim went to the Oval Office to make a personal plea for clemency in 2018, arguing the sentence was too harsh. Trump agreed to free her, and Johnson and her jubilant family later appeared with him at a press conference.
Other convicted killers hope Kim can help gain their release. Some feature in a podcast due out on Spotify later this year.
EXAM
The star is even preparing to take an introductory law exam in 2022. It will qualify her to be a lawyer at the same time as she serves an apprenticeship at a law firm in San Frantcisco.
Kim previously said: “I felt the system could be so different and I wanted to fight to fix it, and if I knew more, I could do more.”
Her new career echoes that of her late dad Robert. He was part of the team that helped free American football star and actor OJ Simpson in 1995 despite overwhelming evidence he murdered his wife Nicole and her pal Ron Goldman. Simpson, 72, was later found liable in a civil case for the deaths.
Louis Reed is director of the prison reform group #cut50, which is working with Kim.
He said: “You might know her as the selfie queen but she’s actually incredibly legally astute.
“She is polar opposite of the stereotype you know from The Kardashians. One of the things she talks about privately is that she was the one on her father’s lap while he was typing briefs.
“She was the one going through her father’s file drawers and looking at his legal briefs. So she’s always had this thirst for law. The Kim we see today is not the Kim we saw 10 years ago.”