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Home 🌿 Marijuana Politics 🌿 Clemency Is Not Enough: Thousands Still Imprisoned For Nonviolent Marijuana Crimes 🌿Clemency Is Not Enough: Thousands Still Imprisoned For Nonviolent Marijuana Crimes
According to an analysis by NORML, about 44 percent of federal marijuana inmates had no or very minimal criminal histories prior to their conviction, and over a third are over the age of 40.
AUSTIN, Texas — Two men serving life sentences for marijuana-related convictions were among the dozens of nonviolent drug offenders who recently had their sentences commuted by President Barack Obama.
While advocates for reform of the three-decade war on drugs applaud Obama’s efforts to free hundreds from unfair sentences, some also fear the president hasn’t gone far enough to change federal laws that leave thousands more imprisoned, with some still facing life in prison.
“At the federal level there’s not been a significant change in law,” said Paul Armentano, deputy director of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML), in an interview with MintPress News.
While Obama has granted the early release of some...
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