Biden pardoned thousands of marijuana convicts
| During the last round of presidential pardons, the President of the United States pardoned thousands of people who were convicted of using and possessing marijuana in this country. |
According to the report of Fars News Agency International Group, Joe Biden stated that the amnesty of thousands of people convicted of consuming and possessing marijuana in the United States is being done in order to eliminate the inequalities in the issuance of sentences that have been carried out for a long time. It has caused serious damage to the black American community.
According to “Al Jazeera”, according to the announcement of the White House, thousands of people accused of consuming and possessing marijuana by the order of the president have been pardoned by the United States, all of them were from the federal lands and the Washington DC area.
In addition to these people, the President of the United States has pardoned 11 other people who were convicted of drug-related crimes. He also pardoned the long sentences that were intended for them. Biden has claimed that his actions in the field of amnesty for drug convicts can help the promise based on the establishment of “justice and equality”. According to Biden, criminal records are considered Taken for the use and possession of marijuana has created unnecessary obstacles for the job opportunities, housing and education of this group of people. While expressing his opposition to the existing obstacles, he said: Under the influence of our unsuccessful approach to marijuana, the lives of many people have been destroyed, and now it’s time to make up for these mistakes.
The amnesty of people convicted of using and possessing marijuana in the United States follows the implementation of the previous amnesty period that the Biden administration issued before the 2022 mid-term elections, according to which thousands of other people were pardoned and released from American prisons.
The United States of America has only 5% of the world’s population, yet a fifth of its prisoners are people of color, who are a large part of Joe Biden’s voters in this country. .
Biden’s action is carried out in a situation where he has lost his popularity, especially among young Americans, on the eve of the 2024 presidential election. According to the statements of the White House, some of the pardoned people were serving their life imprisonment. According to the statements of legal experts in the United States, such sentences were unfair and not only Establishing public safety does not help, it also negatively affects black communities.
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