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.

Trump hand-picked Alice Johnson, the 69-year-old grandmother he granted clemency for long-ago drug offenses during his first term.