Maryland Gov. Moore to pardon more than 175,000 marijuana convictions, Washington Post reports

Maryland’s governor is expected to issue a “pardon of more than 175,000 marijuana convictions,” Monday morning, The Washington Post reported Sunday evening.

Maryland’s governor is expected to issue a “pardon of more than 175,000 marijuana convictions,” Monday morning, The Washington Post reported Sunday evening. Gov. Wes Moore is expected to forgive low-level marijuana possession charges for about 100,000 people, according to the Post’s reporting. The pardons, which also applies to those who have died, “will automatically forgive every misdemeanor marijuana possession charge the Maryland judiciary could locate in the state’s electronic court records system, along with every misdemeanor paraphernalia charge tied to use or possession of marijuana,” the Post said. CNN has reached out to Moore’s office for more information. “I’m ecstatic that we have a real opportunity with what I’m signing to right a lot of historical wrongs,” the Democratic governor said in an interview with the Post. “If you want to be able to create inclusive economic growth, it means you have to start removing these barriers that continue to disproportionately sit on communities of color.” The pardons, according to the Post, are particularly timed to coincide with Juneteenth, a holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the US.