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Great coverage of the success of The Mother Teresa of Pot Prisoners
In years past, I have tended to dislike the uptick in marijuana media coverage around 4/20 because a range of serious issues, and especially serious criminal justice issues, often seemed not to get the serious coverage that they deserved. But with marijuana reform continuing to pick up momentum, I think the 4/20 media mania is getting a little better. And I will always be grateful for whatever leads to media coverage of my favorite advocate of criminal justice reform in the marijuana space. She is the focal point of this lengthy new Input piece with this great full title: How ‘The Mother Teresa of Pot Prisoners’ saved her brother from dying behind bars: Beth Curtis’ LifeforPot.com may look janky, but it’s been amazingly effective in getting nonviolent marijuana offenders out of prison. I recommend the piece in full, and here are snippets:
Try refreshing your browser, or Trump pardons cannabis prisoners on final day in office Back to video
LPP, a non-profit dedicated to cannabis criminal justice reform, had been working with the White House and the Office of the Pardon Attorney to advocate for the release of the prisoners, including co-sponsoring multiple petitions alongside the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.
“It is our sincere hope that today’s news will catalyze a systemic shift in the utilization of executive clemency power, and we look forward to working with the Biden administration to bring relief to the estimated 40,000 individuals still suffering behind bars due to our country’s unjust and inequitable policy of cannabis criminalization,” said Sarah Gersten, LPP’s executive director and general counsel.
Reviewing CJUTF Recommendations: when and how might Biden Administration create an independent clemency board?
Right after the election, I blogged a bit (here and here) about some criminal justice reform recommendations from the Biden-Sanders Unity Task Force (available here pp. 56-62); I stressed in one of those posts that Prez-elect Biden could get started right away in implementing recommendations calling for creating a new Task Force on Prosecutorial Discretion and a Clemency Board. Especially with so much clemency chatter as Prez Trump s term comes to a close, I am eager to again amplify attention on the clemency recommendation. Helpfully, this lengthy new