gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 8 months agoParole denied for 68-year-old in Alabama: ‘A life sentence for growing marijuana’www.al.comexternal-linkmessage-square41fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10file-text
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minus-squareBraveSirZaphod@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 months agoHe literally does not have the legal power to do that. Biden has pardoned a lot of federal marijuana charges, but a core part of the Constitution is that the federal government’s authority to interfere in state justice systems is very limited.
He literally does not have the legal power to do that.
Biden has pardoned a lot of federal marijuana charges, but a core part of the Constitution is that the federal government’s authority to interfere in state justice systems is very limited.