[bankwalker]

was she a dealer?

[Zhang Fei]

[was she a dealer?]

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From the Daily Mail:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5787699/Alice-Johnsons-daughter-calls-Kim-Kardashian-Godsend.html
{At the time of Johnson’s February 1997 sentencing, federal laws mandated a life sentence, despite the fact Johnson was a first-time, nonviolent offender.

US District Judge Julia Gibbons, who sentenced Johnson, called the then 42-year-old the ‘quintessential entrepreneur’ of the drug ring.

‘And clearly the impact of 2,000 to 3,000 kilograms of cocaine in this community is very significant,’ Gibbons said at the sentencing.

Johnson is now 21 years into her life sentence at FCI Aliceville, in Aliceville, Alabama.

During her time in prison, Johnson has displayed exemplary behavior, become an ordained minister, a published writer and a prison tutor, a biography from Can Do Clemency reports.

Johnson is now hoping President Donald Trump will grant her freedom after being denied clemency by Obama.}

[PapaBear3625]

Harper's Bazaar says her role was relaying coded messages, and that she never actually handled the drugs or made any deals. I think one clue is from this paragraph:

Even though her arrest in 1993 was her first offense, Johnson received a life sentence, which she began serving in 1996. During the trial ten of her co-defendants testified against her in exchange for a reduced or dropped charges, Mic reports. Johnson, however, did not receive the same mercy, despite having not previous drug charges.

I'm suspecting that she refused to testify against her co-defendants, and the prosecutors decided to make an example of her. Personally, I think 20 years so far, is time enough served.