Wes Moore: “I did the largest mass pardon in the history of the United…”

“… I would take the pardon power away, the pardon power away from the president and every single governor. And this is actually really hard for me because so last year, I did the largest mass pardon in the history of the United States of America, where I pardoned over 175,000 misdemeanor cannabis convictions. in the stroke of a pen because I think it is absurd that we can have a legal cannabis market inside of the state of Maryland.” (34:14–34:24)

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