President Joe Biden's pardons could help more than 6,500 offenders who were convicted of simple marijuana possession.
President Joe Biden announced steps he's taking to reform marijuana laws, including pardoning 6,500 people with federal possession convictions.pardoning people with federal convictions for simple possession of marijuana,move that could help more than 6,500 people and sends a powerful message on how such actions should be treated.
"As I often said during my campaign for president, no one should be in jail just for using or possessing marijuana," Biden said. "Sending people to prison for possessing marijuana has upended too many lives and incarcerated people for conduct that many states no longer prohibit." The pardons will apply to those convicted under the District of Columbia’s drug laws, which covers “thousands” more people, according to the White House.The president's pardon also blocks future federal prosecutions for simple possession.
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