"This is my mission — to really give voice to the voiceless ... to help those who are unseen to be seen," said Alice Marie ...

Appointed by President Donald Trump, Alice Marie Johnson said she will step down from her position as CEO of her Memphis-based nonprofit, Taking Action For Good, in her new role as 'pardon czar'.

Johnson, now 69, was facing life in prison without the possibility of parole for being a first-time nonviolent drug offender.