It's time to end the war on marijuana.WHERE ARE BIDEN'S COMMUTATIONS ?????
WE'RE WAITING
Not to kick a dead horse but we need to be honest. We're talking about commutations. We need to be honest about the data.
During the first five years of the Obama administration the population of the Federal Prisons increased by 19,000. During his first five years he granted 1 commutation.
At the end of the Obama administration he had granted 1,715 commutations. He denied 18,749 petitions for commutations, and left 11,355 petitions for the next administration.
During the first 4 years of the Trump administration he granted 94 commutations and denied 98. There were 65 commutations granted to drug offenders. The federal prison population decreased by over 35,000
Where is President Biden's compassion and mercy? He could easily start granting commutations to all those who are presently living productive lives on home confinement with the threat of a return to federal prison hanging over their heads.
Another category would be all those incarcerated for marijuana. These sentences are egregious while the marijuana industry is thriving by producing and distributing the same product.
The criminal justice system and the cannabis industry will have no integrity as long as these people are caged behind bars.
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