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People serving sentences for "simple possession" to be released.
“Sending people to prison for possessing marijuana has upended too many lives and incarcerated people for conduct that many states no longer prohibit. Criminal records for marijuana possession have also imposed needless barriers to employment, housing, and educational opportunities. And while white and Black and brown people use marijuana at similar rates, Black and brown people have been arrested, prosecuted, and convicted at disproportionate rates,” he added.
originally posted by: juulzverne
aside from being an obvious ploy to buy votes before an election, the scam here is that many violent criminals are in prison because of a practice to plea to the marijuana charges. in one way, it is beneficial to the person facing a more serious level charge to not have that on their record, and for the prosecutors it still gets the perp off the street.
so the back door strategy was to knock violent felonies down to drug charges, then later go back through and invalidate those drug charges as being unfair while ignoring the totality of why they are in prison. because on its surface it sounds like a very reasonable action. but if you're in prison for 14 years for smoking marijuana, you're not in prison for smoking marijuana.
Officials said there are currently no Americans serving prison time solely on federal simple marijuana possession charges. But they said the number who had been charged with that crime was north of 6,500.
If weaving while high, will you get a DUI?