So Joe ‘pardoned’ the convicts in Fed prisons ???
Gov Desantis is being asked to ‘pardon’ those in FL state prisons and jails ???
Coddling criminals never works for the benefit of society.
Make the Feds decriminalize it. Their war on drugs is a complete and utter failure. Free the states to become creative in the response. Someone will figure out a response to the drug problem. It’s not what we have now. Too much $$$$ in drugs. Either death to everyone or controlled legalization or something in between. I don’t claim to know the answer.
Mixed emotions about this. If they were having a legitimate, fact-based discussion on the pros and cons of marijuana, I would be willing to listen. The claims that marijuana is harmless is just not true. May be a gateway drug, but I don’t think that is a major factor because drugs of all types are so readily available, even at grade school and middle school ages. One really big issue NOT being made part of the discussion is the rising prevalence of marijuana-induced psychosis, playing a factor in violence and deaths. As it stands now, the pardon proposal is purely an unvarnished political play. Based on that fact right now, I would oppose pardons. What we need on this issue is a very public, open, non-political discussion on marijuana.
Joe Biden bringing up everything but the economic disaster out there.
Democrats need the votes this November.
How about legislators changing the current laws before presidents and governors start issuing pardons and commutations? Seems like people are getting thing bassackwards. “Simple possession” is still illegal in many states and marijuana is still considered a Schedule I controlled substance under the federal controlled substance act.
Which, by the way, is one of the multitude of laws politicians, including the President . . .
A pardon expunges a felony conviction.
The author of this link - at least - implies (without saying) that almost no one is in jail in Florida or the USA based ONLY on possession of user amounts of marijuana.
Possession of marijuana is almost always what someone pleads down to in lieu of a more serious crime - or - the charge that someone gets for violating parole or probation.
Bottom Line...
Pardons will restore the voting votes of millions of Black and Hispanic voters, and probably many white Democrats.
Currently, Republicans are too stupid to understand what is happening here.
On Fox News, as I write this, a political talk show is loudly and heatedly discussing how marijuana is a Gateway Drug to other drugs.
That is NOT what this is about, you morons!
I repeat - almost no one in the USA is in jail because of a simple possession of marijuana charge!
The Democrats are seeking restoration of voting rights for millions of people who actually committed much more serious crimes, but pleaded down!
If you can't put legalizing pot on the ballot again to get out the youth vote, then the next best thing is pardoning all of the people convicted of pot possession.
Shervin sounds like he may be considering a career in the medical recreational happy smoke industry. All the felons are going to need these drugs once the RAT DOJ Boyz release them all from prison.
It’s not righting a wrong, the law at the time was in force and broken. But if the perp’s record is otherwise clear of anything at all serious, I’d be fine with letting them out and making room for violent bad guys. They worry me more.
If he were to pardon them, all those pardon would still vote dem
Even if he wanted to do it, he should wait until after the election