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Hi, it's Meredith.

Today, we're revisiting the incredible story of Kim Kidd.

Once a cocaine dealer facing a 50-year prison sentence, Kim hit rock bottom and asked God to take her life.

But God had a different plan, a plan for freedom.

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From prison to becoming the first woman to receive clemency in Indiana.

Here's Kim's story.

As a little girl, I would travel to church with my grandmother, not knowing that was when God

marked my life. I had gotten married, had one son, was pregnant with another, and I had gotten on drugs.

My husband, he was a military man. I was on drugs, and he was on drugs. And he also liked other women.

So that was a very hard time for me. And my habit, I was spiraling fast out of control.

Now, I can honestly say that my kids never saw me do drugs, but still, I wasn't a good mother

because all my faculties weren't working. I went to court and got a legal separation,

had no idea how I was going to pay bills or anything. The judge granted me the house and everything that was in it. My life just

kept spiraling out of control. My oldest son was with my mother. My youngest son was with my ex-husband,

and my daughter was in

child protective service because she was born premature. In order to take care of her, you had to go

to all these classes. I was still doing drugs, but then I started selling drugs. And I was on

probation, and I called my probation officer because a friend of

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