If cannabis is legal, why is Michael Thompson serving 40 years in prison? By JasonJune 12, 2020aggregated, clemency, Gretchen Whitmer, incarceration, Last Prisoner Project, Michael Thompson, Michigan, Politics, war on drugs The Michigan man, 69, sold three pounds of weed in 1994. It’s time for Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to set him free. The post If cannabis is legal, why is Michael Thompson serving 40 years in prison? appeared first on Leafly.