And at the same time, there is no way that I'm going to celebrate the benefits of legalization if we do not address the consequences of criminalization. So we got to work, and I ended up signing the largest mass pardon in the history of the United States of America when I pardoned over 175,000 misdemeanor cannabis convictions. in the stroke of a pen and saying, like, you know, you cannot. We cannot treat every sentence like a life sentence. (22:17–22:28)
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Asserts that Wes Moore signed the largest mass pardon in U.S. history, pardoning over 175,000 misdemeanor cannabis convictions.
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