Massachusetts is now the primary state to pardon the crimes of offenders charged with easy pot ownership — after President Joe Biden did the similar two years in the past.
Gov. Maura Healey’s first-in-the-nation plan to factor a blanket pardon for easy marijuana ownership used to be met with the unanimous approval of the Governor’s Council on Wednesday, when councilors expressed vast beef up however questioned if it went a ways sufficient for the doubtless masses of 1000’s of other people hit via the state’s now-defunct marijuana regulations.
Healey’s pardon, in line with the request for consent she despatched to the council, would observe to “all grownup individuals who, on or prior to the date of this letter, were convicted of a misdemeanor of ownership of marijuana.”
Massachusetts is now the primary state to pardon the crimes of offenders charged with easy pot ownership — after President Joe Biden did the similar two years in the past.
Gov. Maura Healey’s first-in-the-nation plan to factor a blanket pardon for easy marijuana ownership used to be met with the unanimous approval of the Governor’s Council on Wednesday, when councilors expressed vast beef up however questioned if it went a ways sufficient for the doubtless masses of 1000’s of other people hit via the state’s now-defunct marijuana regulations.
Healey’s pardon, in line with the request for consent she despatched to the council, would observe to “all grownup individuals who, on or prior to the date of this letter, were convicted of a misdemeanor of ownership of marijuana.”
