President Biden intends to issue additional blanket pardons to people convicted of possession of small amounts of marijuana on federal land and in Washington, DC, and he will grant clemency to eleven people convicted of non-violent drug crimes who have already served decades in prison, Forbes reports.
The move widens the move Biden made in 2022 to pardon people convicted of federal charges for simple possession and expands it to clear the record of people who attempted to buy marijuana on federal land and other minor non-violent possession charges. Such convictions impacted these individuals’ ability to get a job, their ability to get credit or loans, and their eligibility for scholarships and loans.