Maryland governor to pardon 175,000 marijuana convictions in sweeping order

The blanket pardon by Gov. Wes Moore will forgive decades of low-level marijuana possession charges for about 100,000 people.

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Fuck yeah, Maryland.
The pardons will forgive low-level marijuana possession charges for an estimated 100,000 people

So an interesting average of 1.75 convictions per person.
- The population of Maryland is 6.165 million. 100k people is 1.6% of the state's population.
  
  That seems insane.
  
  America 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.
  
  On 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.
Seems like Maryland governor is a bud.
Paywalled
see, it's that fucking easy. sign the piece of paper and do it nationally. anyone who legitimately thinks people should have a brand on their background check (which of course jobs should be able to access forever and judge to bar employment, that's totally fair ofc) should be forced to stand in the town square dawn til dusk so we can yell at them.

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