Posted on 10/06/2022 12:25:34 PM PDT by BenLurkin
They can be pardoned..
IANAL!!!
But my understanding is that without the records being expunged..
They will ALWAYS have to say that they have been COVICTED of a crime. and that follows them forever. And in most settings as an instant disqualification for getting hired.
Notice that there is nothing about a waiver of testing for marijuana use to get a federal job.
Some places hire only ex-cons, so if you don’t have a conviction it follows you around too.
Many/most states as well as the Federal government still have laws against the possession of marijuana. Whether that is a good thing or a bad thing is a different discussion.
If Biden (or his ‘handlers’) thinks criminalization of marijuana use and possession is a bad thing, he can urge Congress to repeal the laws against it.
Several states have done so. How is it working out for them?
Stupid choices have real consequences.
I was thinking the same thing. I feel like it was in the early 80s and the folks hes pardoning are older folks well past this nonsense.
Biden’s statement makes it clear he wants them to be employable, so expungement must be part of the deal.
Not exactly accurate. Still happens. Sean Worsley’s case of 5 years in jail for possession of a mere 10 grams was a real eye opener:
https://houseofwise.co/blogs/news/last-prisoner-project-sean-and-eboni-worsley
“Stupid choices have real consequences.”
When people are young and stupid.. Shockingly, they tend to do things that are stupid.
that One kid that gets busted when they are 16-18, while all the others doing the same thing with them and were lucky enough to run faster, hide better etc.. Should not be hamstrung the rest of their lives.
The girl that got busted when she was 18, and now is 45, and can never legally own a gun to protect herself?
And when it comes down to it. It is their body, it is their choice. Who is the government to say what they are allowed or not allowed to consume?
Is simple possession a felony? If not, firearm possession and voting rights shouldn’t be an issue.
Might not be an issue for voting rights, but any use of illicit drugs bars you from firearms ownership, regardless of whether it’s felonious or not.
“ight not be an issue for voting rights, but any use of illicit drugs bars you from firearms ownership, regardless of whether it’s felonious or not.”
And, to lie on the 4473 would be an additional felony..
No, what he has done is earn himself a headline, and possibly convince the usually empty headed Dem of his compassion for people wrongfully incarcerated. Not bad really for an act of meaningless symbolism.
Article says he spent 6 days in jail and 5 years probation- and charges were dropped as part of plea deal
Current use. Not past use. I know it’s a little bit “depends on what the definition of ‘is’ is,” but still.
I wonder how many of those “simple possessions” had the other charges, such as gun possessions, etc., dropped or plea bargained away.
Well, you wouldn’t have to list a pardoned conviction when going for a job. That’s the biggest “benefit” from this.
If their only felony was a simple pot possession, then it’s as if it never happened. They don’t have to mention the conviction.
The planet is going FUBAR, and this idiot is focused on potheads. How about sending a few hundred DEA and Federal Marshalls out into the field and make fentanyl drug cartels “disappear”? 50,000 Americans die from fentanyl, and this idiot is discussing a few thousand potheads smoking weed.
Seems like he might be breaking a law doing this ONLY for federal employees.
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