Don’t Expect Mass Prison Releases From Biden’s Marijuana Clemency

[ExpressLane]

Last week President Joe Biden announced the largest act of clemency in a generation: a mass pardon for people convicted of federal marijuana possession.As far as bold acts of mass clemency go, it won’t lead to many people getting out of prison. In fact, it will lead to none.

According to the White House and a report this week from the U.S. Sentencing Commission (USSC) there is no one currently in federal custody for simple possession of marijuana.


https://www.themarshallproject.org/...ement, Biden urged,expect much from this plea.

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So Biden's pardon actually pardoned.....NOBODY.

 

[Phantasmal]

6,500 will be released, it’s not a large number, but it’s a start. He urged governors to do the same.

https://www.marijuanamoment.net/wil...all-to-action-dozens-are-already-weighing-in/

 

[Celticguy]

6,500 will be released, it’s not a large number, but it’s a start. He urged governors to do the same.

https://www.marijuanamoment.net/wil...all-to-action-dozens-are-already-weighing-in/

[FONT=&quot]will provide relief to an estimated 6,500 people[/FONT]

a bad estimate it seems

 

[ExpressLane]

6,500 will be released, it’s not a large number, but it’s a start. He urged governors to do the same.

https://www.marijuanamoment.net/wil...all-to-action-dozens-are-already-weighing-in/

The Marshall Project is a much more reliable source.