
And I want to learn from you.”īudnik, sitting in his room at the Bowery Hotel in New York, wondered if the text was true. I’ve heard a lot “What you do with the anti-recidivism coalition. “Through a friend of hers, she found out about me, got my number, and I just got a random text that said something along the lines of like, ‘Hey Scott, this is Kim Kardashian West. Their work together began with a surprise text in 2018. He is featured in the final episode, working alongside Kardashian in her efforts to get Jones out of death row. It was amazing to see her break down some things and, you know, you usually look at her fashion.”įilm producer and founder of the Anti-Recidivism Coalition (ARC), Scott Budnick echoes Jones’ praise. I knew, ‘Yeah, she’s going to be a stronger lawyer - like her dad,'” Jones said. “When she started talking about the details of Julius’ case, how this or that person should have pointed out earlier. ”, Says Jones.ĭuring their time communicating with one another, Jones said she could see shades of the mogul’s father, late lawyer Robert Kardashian, in her drive and determination. “The lawyer said, ‘Kim has heard about this case, she wants to know what she can do to help.’ And so that’s when she started tweeting. Eventually, Antoinette Jones received a call from a lawyer in 2020 that “we could get some help here in the form of Kim, which could be a good thing.” Jones, who has fought for her brother since his conviction, says Kardashian became aware of the case through letters people began sending her about him and through a documentary she watched about him called “The Last Defense.” She felt moved to help save his life. And I’ll tweet and I’ll talk to legal assistants,’ but for (you) to go visit my brother … that meant a Great deal. “There’s one thing for you to say, ‘hey, I’m on board to help. “When she told me she met Julius and went to visit him, it touched something in me,” says Antoinette Jones. One of the things viewers do not see is that in November 2020, Kardashian took a 24-hour trip to Oklahoma to meet with Julius Jones, his family and Gov. She is also the real business and vows the action is not over.īut there is a lot of work that is not shown on camera. Julius Jones will instead serve a life sentence without the possibility of password. She works until the last hour before the scheduled execution, finally getting the joyful news that he was allowed Clemency.

The episode shows that Kardashian mentions people what she plans to achieve, across names from a white board and the results are shown on the screen as the message spreads. When he is scheduled to be executed, Kardashian is in a race against time to mobilize her powerful friends – actors, athletes and priests among them – to tweet request for Oklahoma Gov. When she awaits the results of the exam, cameras also follow her efforts to bring attention to Julius Jones’ case. Passing the exam was only one part of the plan that Kardashian has for a future dedicated to criminal justice reform. (For them) To see that I never Giving up makes me so happy – that I can show them by example. “I only know how much time and effort I put into this … I’m so glad North is here to see this because my kids know I’m taking time away from them to learn.

Like, I literally did not think I do,” she says. Then she reads it again and spells it for the camera, “strip,” she says. “Wait, are you sure?” She asks, re-reading the results. In a nail-biting scene in a car parked outside of a red lobster, Kardashian, her daughter North, and KKW brands executive Tracy Romulus, eventually know that she has passed. It was, Kardashian says in the episode, her last chance to do that. The sixth episode of the family’s Hulu series, “This Is a Life or Death Situation,” focuses on her efforts to pass California’s so-called “baby bar,” one of two exams she must pass in order to become a practicing attorney.
