15 Feb 2023 7:13 pm
Yes, the pardon was for Federal convictions only, and doesn't address State level charges at all.jerrab » 15 Feb 2023, 8:05 pm » wrote: ↑ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------Approximately 6,000 people have been convicted of marijuana possession in the last 30 years, but none of them are currently incarcerated. Biden’s announcement won’t free anyone from prison. Nor does a pardon expunge a criminal record. Those pardoned will still have convictions on their records that can make them ineligible for housing or employment. To use an overused expression, Biden’s marijuana pardon is a huge nothingburger.This attempt to pull the wool over millions of eyes should be loudly condemned. Many of those 6,000 people convicted were victimized by the 1994 Crime Bill which was championed by a senator named Joe Biden. At the time he bragged that the legislation did “everything but hang people for jaywalking .” Or even send them to jail for marijuana possession.
While not actually springing anyone from prison, it did clean up their records a bit... especially the few that only had the Federal charge(s) in their jacket.
It was, by and large, much ado about nothing just the same.
There are still people sitting in prison on State marijuana convictions though... and from what I understand, even in States where weed is legal now, which is asinine.
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