Tag: Pardon

US Pardon Attorney Says It’s Up To Biden To Order Clemency In Non-Violent Cannabis Cases

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By Joana Scopel Elizabeth Oyer, attorney of the Department of Justice (DOJ) pardon business, said it is up to President Joe Biden to initiate a clemency procedure for persons with federal non-violent hashish convictions, reported Marijuana Second. At an party hosted by the Justice Roundtable, a coalition of prison justice reform businesses, Oyer explained that the DOJ’s pardon business analyzes petitions for reduction on an individual basis and then […]

Senators Urge Biden to Pardon All Non-violent Cannabis Offenses |

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Decrying “over a century of unsuccessful and racist hashish policies,” Elizabeth Warren and a pair of other Democratic senators are urging President Joe Biden to use his executive authority to “pardon all folks convicted of nonviolent cannabis offenses, regardless of whether formerly or now incarcerated.” Warren, the senior senator from Massachusetts, created the ask for […]

George Floyd Receives Posthumous Pardon Recommendation For 2004 Drug Conviction

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Final week the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles advisable that George Floyd posthumously obtain a complete pardon for his 2004 drug conviction. Former Houston Law enforcement Section (HPD) officer Gerald Goines, who arrested George Floyd in 2004, is at present awaiting demo on two counts of felony murder stemming from a botched 2019 drug […]

Al Harrington, Drake, Killer Mike Ask Pres. Biden To Pardon All Non-Violent Cannabis Offenders

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By Maureen Meehan In a dwell-streamed function, NBA star Al Harrington, four-time Grammy-award winner Drake, world champion boxer Badou Jack, rapper & activist Killer Mike, Meek Mill, NFL participant Julio Jones and NBA star John Wall and some others declared on Tuesday that they’d co-penned and signed a letter to President Joe Biden requesting a […]