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President Biden speaks to reporters in Milwaukee before boarding Air Force One on Wednesday. The president announced Friday he would expand pardons for simple marijuana possession.

Politics & Government

Biden expands pardons for marijuana possession and grants clemency to 11

1:08pm December 22, 2023

by Deepa Shivaram

President Biden commuted the sentences for 11 individuals serving time for nonviolent drug offenses. He also expanded pardons for the offense of simple marijuana possession and use under federal law.

In November, voters in Oklahoma approved criminal justice reforms such as making possession of drugs a misdemeanor and redirecting state money to treatment programs. Now there are several bills to repeal the reforms.

National

Oklahoma Lawmakers File Bills To Repeal Criminal Justice Reforms

7:56pm February 07, 2017

by Rachel Hubbard

Voters in Oklahoma approved a whole series of initiatives to reclassify drug offenses as misdemeanors. But when Oklahoma's Legislature met Monday, there were several bills filed to repeal the reforms.

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