Maryland governor to pardon 175,000 marijuana convictions in sweeping order
Maryland governor to pardon 175,000 marijuana convictions in sweeping order
www.washingtonpost.com /dc-md-va/2024/06/16/maryland-mass-pardon-marijuana-conviction/
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Fuck yeah, Maryland.
49 0 ReplyThe pardons will forgive low-level marijuana possession charges for an estimated 100,000 people
So an interesting average of 1.75 convictions per person.
33 0 ReplyThe population of Maryland is 6.165 million. 100k people is 1.6% of the state's population.
That seems insane.
30 0 ReplyAmerica has had a gulag system in place since the Civil War. When the Civil Rights Act finally came through, conservatives needed a new way to criminalize being black.
17 1 ReplyOn the other hand, 0.7% of the U.S. population is in prison right now, so that actually sounds low if anything. Disturbing, but it does sound low.
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Seems like Maryland governor is a bud.
15 1 ReplyPaywalled
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