"I saw a news report that even though it notionally applied to a few thousand people, only a few hundred had submitted the paperwork to get the actual pardon.
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"I saw a news report that even though it notionally applied to a few thousand people, only a few hundred had submitted the paperwork to get the actual pardon. That’s not a huge surprise. They weren’t getting sprung from jail. Those people had already served their sentences. It’s not nothing but it’s not much. If I were the President I’d find some big class of people currently doing time for marijuana offenses and simply end their punishment today. Free. You’re done. Walk out of prison today."
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@jalefkowit Didn't Biden commute the sentences of all the Marijuana possession federal inmates a couple of years ago?
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@Lightfighter He issued pardons for some people convicted on federal marijuana charges, once in 2022 and again in 2023. But the pardons were for offenses that no one was currently serving time for. They made it easier for people convicted of those offenses to get a job or a house, but they did not release anyone from prison.
https://apnews.com/article/biden-marijuana-pardons-clemency-02abde991a05ff7dfa29bfc3c74e9d64
