Maryland Gov. Wes Moore is scheduled to sign an executive order to issue 175,000 pardons for marijuana convictions Monday, according to a news report. The pardons will forgive low-level marijuana possession charges for an estimated 100,000 people. Moore, a Democrat, told The Washington Post Sunday that criminal records have been used to deny housing, employment, and education. “I’m ecstatic that we have a real opportunity with what I’m signing to right a lot of historical wrongs,” Moore said. “...

Democratic Maryland Gov. Wes Moore plans to pardon more than 175,000 marijuana convictions on Monday in one of the most sweeping rollbacks of drug policy in the country. Moore's plan would apply to some 100,000 people who were convicted of low-level marijuana possession charges. Marijuana has been increasingly legalized across the country as both a medicinal and recreational drug. "I’m ecstatic that we have a real opportunity with what I’m signing to right a lot of historical wrongs," Moore...

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ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland Gov. Wes Moore is scheduled to sign an executive order to issue more than 175,000 pardons for marijuana convictions Monday, the governor's office said. The administration is describing the pardons as the largest state pardon to date. The governor's action regarding cases relating to use of paraphernalia make Maryland the first state to take such action, his office said. The pardons will forgive low-level marijuana possession charges for an estimated 100,000 people...

Gov. Wes Moore (D-MD) is set to pardon more than 175,000 marijuana convictions in Maryland on Monday, less than two years after voters elected to legalize recreational marijuana in the state. Moore’s actions on Monday will pardon more than 150,000 simple possession of cannabis convictions, with the intent of helping those convicted of low-level criminal offenses related to the drug. “The Moore-Miller Administration is committed to promoting social equity and ensuring the fair and equitable...

Maryland Governor Wes Moore pardoned more than 175,000 marijuana convictions, addressing what he said were longstanding inequities in the criminal justice system connected to the recreational drug. The executive order issued Monday includes more than 150,000 misdemeanor convictions for simple possession of cannabis and over 18,000 misdemeanor convictions for use or possession with intent to use drug paraphernalia. Maryland legalized possession and use of small amounts of marijuana last year.

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore will issue pardons for over 175,000 marijuana convictions in a major announcement expected Monday morning. The mass order for low-level possession charges will be given to near 100,000 people, the Washington Post first reported. Moore said the decision is intended to address decades of social and economic injustice, including Maryland residents being denied housing, employment and educational opportunities based on past criminal records. “I’m ecstatic that we have a real...

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