“BEST NEWS EVER!!!!” was the Twitter response from Kardashian West.
Alice Marie Johnson, 63, has spent more than two decades behind bars and was not eligible for parole.
She became an ordained minister while behind bars and mentored women in prison. She was released hours later and ran into her family members’ arms.
Michael Scholl, a member of Johnson’s legal team, said she was released just before 6pm from federal prison in Aliceville, Alabama. Relatives were there to greet her as she experienced freedom for the first time since the 1990s.
Footage from local news station WVTM-13 showed Johnson running towards her family, throwing her arms wide open and embracing them in front of a crowd of onlookers.
“Everybody was crying and hugging,” Mr Scholl said.
Unlike a pardon, the commutation will not erase Johnson’s conviction, only end her sentence.
Mr Scholl said Johnson would be returning to Memphis and was planning to spend time with her family. He earlier praised Mr Trump for “a courageous move” and described Johnson as overwhelmed by the news.
Great meeting with @KimKardashian today, talked about prison reform and sentencing. pic.twitter.com/uOy4UJ41JF
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 30, 2018
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