More than 175,000 people with marijuana convictions in Maryland received a pardon from Governor Wes Moore on Monday, in one of the largest acts of clemency for crimes related to the drug in the nation.
The pardons are part of Moore’s initiative to “right” the “historical wrongs” of criminal charges for low-level drug possession, which disproportionately harm people of color, making it more difficult for them to obtain housing, employment, education and more.
