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This pardon applies only to federal possession and use sentences, still a nice gesture, but it's a small percentage of convictions as federal prosecution of the
by fyrn_ 3y ago
This pardon applies only to federal possession and use sentences, still a nice gesture, but it's a small percentage of convictions as federal prosecution of these charges is rare.
More important for it's symbolic effects then for the actual direct results
- al_borland 3y agoI don’t get how there can be a blanket pardon on the books for federal crimes, while still being illegal at a federal level. The pardon should have come along with legalization, and putting it on the same level as alcohol. The current situation feels ridiculous.
- fyrn_ 3y agoThis pardon applies to convictions that existed at the time of the pardon, it's not automatically applied to future convictions. This power comes from the presidential right to pardon, it's not the ability to disable a law while they are in office. In theory it could be used for that, however the president would have to pardon each time.