Colorado Governor Pardoning More Than 2,700 People Convicted for Possessing an Ounce or Less of Mari
Source: Law and Crime
Colorado Governor Pardoning More Than 2,700 People Convicted for Possessing an Ounce or Less of Marijuana
MATT NAHAM
Oct 1st, 2020, 10:14 am
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) is going to automatically pardon thousands of eligible people who were convicted in the past for low-level marijuana possession offenses.
The Denver Post reported that Polis will issue pardons for 2,732 individuals by executive ordergiven that the General Assembly passed House Bill 1424 several months ago. That bill explicitly empowered the governor to grant pardons to a class of defendants who were convicted of the possession of up to two ounces of marijuana without an application and without seeking the comment of the district attorneys and judges for those cases.
But the governors pardon will reportedly apply to state court convictions through 2012 of up to 1 ounce for recreational use, not municipal court convictions or convictions in other states or possession offenses greater than one ounce. In 2012, roughly 55-percent of Colorado voters passed Amendment 64 to legalize marijuana in the state. The law allows for possession of up to one ounce of marijuana:
Read more: https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/colorado-governor-pardoning-more-than-2700-people-convicted-for-marijuana-possession/
TeamPooka
(24,223 posts)JohnnyRingo
(18,628 posts)You're gonna like it here.
Hopefully, they'll vote now.
Lochloosa
(16,063 posts)Illumination
(2,458 posts)extra available space for Trump, Trump's family, the criminal republicans, Trump's bully boys, etc. after they're convicted! That would be some GREAT TIMING! Our finest prison is in Florence CO. That's the Super Max Prison...Want to extend a big WELCOME TO COLORADO in advance!...
maxsolomon
(33,327 posts)Colorado shouldn't be known for pardoning low-level Cannabis possession convictions?