Kim Kardashian is well-known for her social media influence and the reality television show “The Kardashians,” which started its fourth season last month.
But you may not know about her advocacy for criminal justice reform and wrongful convictions.
So what does Kim Kardashian have to do with Ohio and convicted murder and inmate Kevin Keith?
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In January of this year, Kardashian participated in a panel discussion during a rare visit to Columbus about Keith, who was convicted in a triple slaying in Bucyrus in 1994. Three others were wounded.
The panel discussion, held in Downtown Columbus at the Capital Square Sheraton Hotel, was organized by Ohio State University’s chapter of the Ohio Innocence Project, and included members of Keith’s legal counsel along with Lori Rothschild Ansaldi, a producer in Los Angeles who specializes in true-crime stories, who is making a documentary about Keith and his family.
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Kardashian said at the event that Keith’s case for his innocence and his family’s quest for justice has compelled her to get involved in his case.
“Because there was so much wrong with justice in this particular case,” Kardashian said in January. “I wanted to really show people that might not have a law degree that might not understand how messed up our justice system really is.”
