Browsing: Pardons

Advocates and organizations praise the recent wave of 175,000 pardons by Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, showing the importance of helping those with current cannabis convictions on…

Policy reforms in the U.S. have led to about 2.5 million expungements or pardons for cannabis convictions in recent years, according to a NORML tally outlined…

Restorative justice advocates in Maryland are calling on Democratic Governor Wes Moore to take additional steps to provide relief to those with marijuana-related convictions, only days…

Since August 2019, Canada has issued just 845 pardons for cannabis crimes, according to Board of Pardon data outlined by the CBC. The government says it…

Similarly to many career politicians who now support criminal justice reform after decades of supporting the most unjust policing and sentencing laws, President Joe Biden has…

On the heels of his state’s landmark new law that legalizes psychedelic drugs, the governor of Colorado wants to go even further.  Jared Polis, the Democrat…

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) is calling on lawmakers to take steps allowing him to issue mass pardons for people with prior psychedelics convictions as the…

President Joe Biden marked the holiday Juneteenth by issuing a proclamation that promotes his mass marijuana pardon and scheduling review directive. As the country commemorates the…

Many Pennsylvania residents with nonviolent cannabis offenses will be given a second chance, and the most recent batch of pardons is a promising and much-needed signal…