Gov. Scott Fetterman urges Pennsylvania residents to apply for marijuana pardon

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Gov. Scott Fetterman urges Pennsylvania residents to apply for marijuana pardon

The Marijuana Pardon Project, a non-violent cannabis offense, forgives those who have been convicted of a non-violent offense soon comes to an end. The deadline to apply for a job through the Board of Pardons ends September 30, 2022.

Pennsylvanians convicted of simple marijuana charges are automatically disqualified for so many life opportunities: jobs, education, housing, special moments with family. We believe in second chances in Pennsylvania. I m urging those eligible to apply now, don t miss your chance to forge a new path. Lt. Gov. Fetterman, who recently called On Joe Biden to decriminalize cannabis, said that good people are being held back from living their best lives because of some old nonviolent weed charge. We have no idea how long the legislature will keep refusing common sense legalization. Any person with only the two select marijuana offenses that are listed below on their record is eligible to apply, and there is no limit on the age of the conviction, according to the government website.

Those with one or both of the following convictions are eligible for the opportunity to be pardoned.

The application for an accelerated pardon through this one-time project is available at pa.gov mjpardon.

Those who are not eligible to apply for a pardon through the project because they have additional criminal convictions on their record, they can apply for clemency using a standard application.

A pardon is a complete forgiveness, but those who get pardons will still have to petition the court for an expungement of their conviction from their record, reads the official announcement. Governor Wolf has granted 2,098 pardons, 326 of which were part of an expedited review for nonviolent marijuana related offenses. According to the PA State Police, 12,439 adults and 1,057 juveniles were arrested in 2021 for possession of simple cannabis.

Fetterman is doing everything possible in the executive office on this issue, said Chris Goldstein, NORML's PA, New Jersey and Delaware regional organizer. It's still limited as much as they can do.