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The pardon power is being stretched too far

Por: The Boston Globe Opinion October 16, 2022

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“No one should be in jail for possessing marijuana,” on Oct. 6, as he announced a for any American convicted of marijuana possession, a federal crime under the Controlled Substances Act. The president’s pardon will not actually set anyone free, since the number of people serving time in a federal facility for possessing pot is — zero. In recent decades, roughly 6,500 defendants were convicted of simple possession, but all of them have... + full article



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