{"id":9986,"date":"2023-12-26T19:08:05","date_gmt":"2023-12-26T19:08:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thecannabist.co\/2023\/12\/26\/biden-pardons-thousands-convicted-of-marijuana-charges-on-federal-lands-and-in-washington\/136014\/"},"modified":"2023-12-26T19:08:05","modified_gmt":"2023-12-26T19:08:05","slug":"biden-pardons-thousands-convicted-of-marijuana-charges-on-federal-lands-and-in-washington","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/biden-pardons-thousands-convicted-of-marijuana-charges-on-federal-lands-and-in-washington\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden pardons thousands convicted of marijuana charges on federal lands and in Washington"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0 5px 5px;float:right;height:100px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/biden-pardons-thousands-convicted-of-marijuana-charges-on-federal-lands-and-in-washington\/\" send=\"true\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div><div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecannabist.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Biden_Marijuana_56847-3-560x351.jpg\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/biden-pardons-thousands-convicted-of-marijuana-charges-on-federal-lands-and-in-washington.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div><img src=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/biden-pardons-thousands-convicted-of-marijuana-charges-on-federal-lands-and-in-washington-2.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"large-10 large-centered small-12 columns\">\n<p>By ZEKE MLLER (Associated Press)<\/p>\n<p>WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 President Joe Biden pardoned thousands of people who were convicted of use and simple possession of marijuana on federal lands and in the District of Columbia, the White House said Friday, in his latest round of executive clemencies meant to rectify racial disparities in the justice system.<\/p>\n<p>The categorical pardon builds on a similar round issued just before the 2022 midterm elections that pardoned thousands convicted of simple possession on federal lands eligible. Friday\u2019s action broadens the criminal offenses covered by the pardon. Biden is also granting clemency to 11 people serving what the White House called \u201cdisproportionately long\u201d sentences for nonviolent drug offenses.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bostonherald.com\/2023\/12\/22\/biden-pardons-thousands-convicted-of-marijuana-charges-on-federal-lands-and-in-washington\/\">Read the rest of this story on BostonHerald.com.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By ZEKE MLLER (Associated Press) WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 President Joe Biden pardoned thousands of people who were convicted of use and simple possession of marijuana on federal lands and in the District of Columbia, the White House said Friday, in his latest round of executive clemencies meant to rectify racial disparities in the justice system. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8232,9,441,1,3,61,1736],"tags":[8234,3015],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9986"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9986"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9986\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}