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September 1, 2021aggregated, cannabis prisoners, Gretchen Whitmer, injustice, justice reform, Last Prisoner Project, Michigan, Politics, Rudi Gammo, sentencing reform

Free Rudi Gammo: Michiganders demand Gov. Whitmer pardon medical marijuana prisoner

The City of Detroit gave him a medical marijuana license, but an […]

March 31, 2021aggregated, cannabis prisoners, cannabis sentencing, Last Prisoner Project, massachusetts, Politics, sentencing reform, war on drugs

This plumber was sentenced to 12 years for growing marijuana in a legal state. How is that possible?

Outdated drug war laws and a secondary offense led to Thomas Laverty’s […]

January 5, 2021aggregated, criminal justice, expungement, illinois, J.B. Pritzker, marijuana legalization, Politics, sentencing reform, war on drugs

Illinois officials say they’ve expunged 500,000 cannabis convictions

Gov. J.B. Pritzker pardoned 9,210 low-level marijuana convictions. Illinois police erased 492,000 […]

August 7, 2020aggregated, clemency, expungement, Last Prisoner Project, marijuana arrests, Politics, Prison, prison reform, sentencing reform

You can help free America’s cannabis prisoners. Here’s how

Yes, people are in prison just for marijuana. Here are their names […]