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.

Alice Johnson, who served time in an Aliceville prison, was named the nation's first 'Pardon Czar' by President Donald Trump.