President Biden, People Are Still In Jail For Marijuana Despite Your Promise, Cannabis Clemency Advocates Call For Change
As Thanksgiving approaches, the Last Prisoner Project (LPP) called on President Biden to fulfill his promise that “no one should be in jail for marijuana” by granting clemency to individuals still incarcerated for nonviolent cannabis offenses.
The non-profit cannabis justice reform organization reminded that there’s only two months remaining in the #Countdown4Clemency campaign, and that an impending change in administration highlights the urgency for President to take action.
LPP stressed that Biden has not released a single person still incarcerated for cannabis through commutation. While his categorical pardons provided record relief to thousands of people with cannabis possession convictions, this move alone does not address the estimated 3,000 people still serving time in federal prisons for cannabis offenses.
Ahead of the annual presidential tradition of pardoning turkeys, LPP is asking President Biden to #PardonPeopleNotPoultry and end the continued incarceration of thousands for cannabis-related offenses that are now legal in …