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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsOregon's governor pardons thousands for pot convictions
AP News via Yahoo NewsOregon Gov. Kate Brown announced Monday she is pardoning an estimated 45,000 people convicted of simple possession of marijuana, a month after President Joe Biden did the same under federal law.
No one deserves to be forever saddled with the impacts of a conviction for simple possession of marijuana a crime that is no longer on the books in Oregon, said Brown, who is also forgiving more than $14 million in unpaid fines and fees.
Biden has been calling on governors to issue pardons for those convicted of state marijuana offenses, which reflect the vast majority of marijuana possession cases. Biden's pardon applies to those convicted under federal law and thousands convicted in the District of Columbia.
In recent months, the governors of Colorado, Nevada, Illinois, Pennsylvania and Washington state have taken steps to grant pardons to those with low-level marijuana convictions, according to the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, or NORML.
No one deserves to be forever saddled with the impacts of a conviction for simple possession of marijuana a crime that is no longer on the books in Oregon, said Brown, who is also forgiving more than $14 million in unpaid fines and fees.
Biden has been calling on governors to issue pardons for those convicted of state marijuana offenses, which reflect the vast majority of marijuana possession cases. Biden's pardon applies to those convicted under federal law and thousands convicted in the District of Columbia.
In recent months, the governors of Colorado, Nevada, Illinois, Pennsylvania and Washington state have taken steps to grant pardons to those with low-level marijuana convictions, according to the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, or NORML.
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Oregon's governor pardons thousands for pot convictions (Original Post)
In It to Win It
Nov 2022
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Thunderbeast
(3,417 posts)1. Good job Governor Brown!
LakeArenal
(28,820 posts)2. Thank you. We've been waiting 50 years. Bien hecho!!
Tree Lady
(11,476 posts)3. Sounds good but why wasn't this done when we made pot legal here? Nt
republianmushroom
(13,616 posts)4. I like it