Posted on 04/19/2022 4:08:26 PM PDT by deplorableindc
WASHINGTON — On the eve of the 4/20 cannabis holiday, federal inmates again are wondering if and when President Biden will make good on his 2020 campaign pledge to free “everyone” locked up on marijuana charges.
About 2,700 inmates are behind federal bars on pot-related charges — even though 18 states and DC now allow recreational use of the drug and two-thirds of Americans support legalization.
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In January 2021, then-President Donald Trump commuted the sentences of seven people serving life terms for marijuana — including two men who were given life without parole under the three-strikes provision of the Biden-authored 1994 crime law.
Michael Pelletier, a 65-year-old wheelchair-bound paraplegic, was among those released by Trump. He had a life sentence for smuggling Canadian pot into Maine before both legalized recreational markets.
“I thank President Trump every day that I wake up in a comfortable bed in a beautiful home in Florida surrounded by loving family, rather than the screeching sound of the PA system announcing another lock down due to violence,” Pelletier said.
“It breaks my heart knowing there are still people serving life without parole for cannabis. I hope Biden will free all pot prisoners because I personally know several people who voted for him based on that campaign promise alone.”
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Free doritos for all
I believe tomorrow is:
Weed day
Hitler’s Birthday
Columbine School shooting
A very odd array of anniversaries...
They gonna be waiting for long time
Oh wow, man.
Let’s Go, Brandon! The pot heads want out of the big house! They’re your people and you promised them. LOL.
He did honor it. He’s sitting on the pot about every 10 minutes.
Every day is 420 now we don’t need a holiday 🤪
Pretty sure ya gotta be serving time for large quantity dealing or smuggling if you’re in prison. Those things are still illegal under any of the States legalization schemes.
Life terms for pot? Good move Trump. Those remaining laws are right out of Istanbul or Communist China.
He knows several inmates that voted for biden because of his campaign promise. Prisoners can vote. Or is it felony prisoners can’t vote.
Or South Dakota. Even though the people voted to legalize.
I can’t believe they remembered that promise.
...and The Hash Bash in Ann Arbor. ;)
That sounds like fun. Hopefully there are hot semi-hippie chicks in sun dresses...
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