JOIN OUR FIGHT TO TURN PARDONS TO PROGRESS
Join Last Prisoner Project and HeadCount’s Cannabis Voter Project in urging the nation’s governors to use their clemency power to release every last cannabis prisoner.
The Ask.
In October of 2022, President Biden made a series of historic cannabis-related executive actions. He wielded his clemency power to pardon people convicted of certain federal marijuana offenses, as well as called on state governors to take similar action on the state level.
As the vast majority of cannabis-related convictions take place on the state level, it’s imperative that state governors heed President Biden’s call.
And it’s not just the right thing to do—it’s quite popular. Recent surveys have found that the vast majority of Americans support their governor pardoning state-level convictions for marijuana possession.
The Power of Pardons.
A pardon is the use of executive power (typically by the President or a Governor) to relieve some or all of the legal consequences resulting from a criminal conviction. Federal and state-level pardons have the effect of restoring certain civil liberties that are typically lost as a result of a criminal conviction. This can include restoring an individual’s right to vote, hold state or local office, or sit on a jury.
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