Kim Kardashian thanks U.S. Supreme Court for granting convict Ruben Gutierrez a stay of execution

Kim Kardashian is thanking the U.S. Supreme Court for granting convicted murderer Ruben Gutierrez a stay of execution.

The reality star-turned-criminal justice reform advocate celebrated the news on social media, writing: ‘Thank you Supreme Court of the United States for granting a Stay of Execution for Ruben Gutierrez! Now his case will go back to the lower courts to decide the issues with his case!’

While Gutierrez was convicted of the murder of a 85-year-old woman in 1998, Kim and other activists claim that he was wrongfully convicted.

They have been pushing authorities to test DNA from the victim’s body and clear Ruben’s name.

Gutierrez was scheduled to be put to death by lethal injection on Tuesday but he was given a last-minute stay of execution by the highest court in the nation barely an hour before the state initial plans were carried out.

He was granted the reprieve after his lawyers contended that his religious rights were being violated because the Texan prison system would not allow him to be joined by a chaplain on death row.

Aspiring lawyer Kim has been focused on criminal justice reform for several years now.

She went directly to President Donald Trump in May 2018 to lobby for the release of non-violent offender Alice Marie Johnson.

Kim’s plea seemed to convince POTUS, who commuted Johnson’s life-sentence just weeks after meeting with the shapewear proprietor.

Mrs. Kardashian-West spoke to CBS News shortly after Johnson’s release, explaining why she was first compelled to fight on the 65-year-old great-grandmother’s behalf.

‘I just couldn’t sit back and see Alice spend the rest of her life in prison,’ she said. ‘When I saw that she had a big family and her sisters and her grandkids, and it just reminded me of my family, and I thought, “What if one of us made a decision that just changed our family for the rest of our lives?”‘

‘Once I really got to know Alice, and realizing that there are thousands more Alices, I couldn’t just sit back and not try to make a difference and not try to change,’ she went on.

Kim is currently studying to become a lawyer. Though she has no plans to attend law school, California law does not require a JD to take the bar exam.

Instead, she is apprenticing with attorneys Jessica Jackson and Erin Haney of prison reform organization #cut50 to become a ‘law reader.’

Kardashian is currently studying for the First-Year Law Students’ Examination, unoffically known as the ‘baby bar.’ If she passes, she will continue her studies in preparation for the real California Bar Exam.

The California’s State Bar is considered one of the most difficult in the country. During the February 2020 exam only 27% of overall candidates passed, according to the most recent California State Bar Association statistics.