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Massachusetts governor to pardon those convicted of misdemeanor cannabis possession

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By STEVE LeBLANC
Associated Press

BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey says she’ll issue pardons for tens of thousands of people convicted of misdemeanor marijuana charges going back decades in the latest example of a state ambitiously seeking to forgive low-level drug offenders. The Democrat and former state attorney general said that potentially hundreds of thousands of people could benefit from the pardons. She described her Wednesday action as the most sweeping by a governor since President Joe Biden pardoned federal marijuana possession convictions and called on governors to follow suit. The pardons will apply to all adult Massachusetts state court misdemeanor convictions before March 13, 2024, for possession of marijuana. Most will not need to take any action to have their criminal records updated.

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