Khan has served 13 years of his sentence and some of the people who have witnessed his transformation believe he is ready to go home today.
"I find it hard to believe that he isn't ready," said Photography Professor at CSU Sacramento, Nigel Poor. Poor is the producer of the award winning podcast Ear Hustle and has helped Khan to be a reporter for the San Quentin Prison Report, where he creates and edits radio and video broadcasts that educate people about the importance of rehabilitation.
"He's the kind of person you want to be friends with. If he were a student, I'd feel like this is someone who is going to succeed and I'd want to help him."
"His emotional intelligence is through the roof," said Alex Mallick, a former associate director of the Northern California Human Rights Watch and currently a director at #Cut50. She worked with Khan as a volunteer for Kid Cat, a group of youth offenders who dedicated their lives to serving their communities in acknowledgment of the time they spent harming society.
"The world should want him to go home," said Mallick. "He could help kids because he is uniquely positioned - he knows how to teach them. He would be an amazing therapist, community organizer, advocate."
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