The blanket pardon by Gov. Wes Moore will forgive decades of low-level marijuana possession charges for about 100,000 people.
  • someguy3@lemmy.world
    22·
    4 months ago

    The pardons will forgive low-level marijuana possession charges for an estimated 100,000 people

    So an interesting average of 1.75 convictions per person.

    • jettrscga@lemmy.worldEnglish
      22·
      4 months ago

      The population of Maryland is 6.165 million. 100k people is 1.6% of the state’s population.

      That seems insane.

      • DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social
        9·
        4 months ago

        America has had a gulag system in place since the Civil War. When the Civil Rights Act finally came through, conservatives needed a new way to criminalize being black.

      • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
        3·
        4 months ago

        On the other hand, 0.7% of the U.S. population is in prison right now, so that actually sounds low if anything. Disturbing, but it does sound low.