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Pardons aim to ease burdens of past convictions. The pardons will absolve people of guilt, but they will not result in anyone getting out of jail: when Maryland legalized adult marijuana use and ...
Maryland’s governor issued pardons for more than 175,000 marijuana convictions Monday – a significant act of mass clemency that reflects the rapidly changing attitudes toward a drug that an ...
Maryland Governor Issues Sweeping Pardons for Marijuana Convictions Gov. Wes Moore of Maryland pardoned more than 175,000 convictions on low-level marijuana charges, two years after the state ...
This week Maryland Gov. Wes Moore pardoned 175,000 people with marijuana convictions. But some advocates say pardons might not be enough to remove the barriers faced by people with a criminal record.
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore issued a mass pardon of more than 175,000 marijuana convictions Monday morning, one of the nation’s most sweeping acts of clemency involving a drug now in widespread ...
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore signs an executive order to issue more than 175,000 pardons for marijuana convictions on Monday, June 17, 2024 in Annapolis, Md. Maryland Secretary of State Susan Lee is ...
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore plans to pardon 175,000 Marijuana convictions with an executive order on Monday, arguing it will help 'black and brown' residents.
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) on June 17 issued pardons for 175,000 low-level criminal marijuana convictions — one of the nation’s most sweeping clemency acts that could affect as many as ...
The governor of Maryland pardoned more than 175,000 low-level marijuana convictions on Monday, an executive action he said was aimed at addressing the disproportionate impact the state's drug ...
175,000 marijuana convictions pardoned by Maryland Gov. Wes Moore 02:59. Maryland this week became the latest state to announce mass pardons for people convicted of marijuana-related crimes as the ...
A fraction of cannabis convictions have been expunged or pardoned NORML, a group that advocates for legalized marijuana, has tallied about 2.5 million expungements and pardons for cannabis ...