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bubleve t1_jayjs4l wrote
Reply to comment by speaks_truth_2_kiwis in People convicted of a federal cannabis possession charge can now apply to have the conviction removed from their records by OregonTripleBeam
They pardoned federal crimes. Your statement was about the state level so that is what I responded to.
It is unclear to me if the president has those powers, pretty sure that has to be Congress.
> ...As these opinions confirm, a presidential pardon removes, either conditionally or unconditionally, the punitive legal consequences that would otherwise flow from conviction for the pardoned offense. A pardon, however, does not erase the conviction as a historical fact or justify the fiction that the pardoned individual did not engage in criminal conduct. A pardon, therefore, does not by its own force expunge judicial or administrative records of the conviction or underlying offense.
bubleve t1_jayjlht wrote
Reply to comment by speaks_truth_2_kiwis in People convicted of a federal cannabis possession charge can now apply to have the conviction removed from their records by OregonTripleBeam
You are right, but:
> “a pardon removes or prevents the attachment of all consequences that are based on guilt for the offense,”
https://www.justice.gov/file/451106/download
I would suspect that standard employment/housing discriminatory practices would be in play. Pretty sure Congress would have to expunge the records.
bubleve t1_jaxmvgb wrote
Reply to comment by adampsyreal in People convicted of a federal cannabis possession charge can now apply to have the conviction removed from their records by OregonTripleBeam
You mean something like "The Reforms Act"? Too bad it didn't even make it out of committee.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7446/all-actions
bubleve t1_jaxlv2e wrote
Reply to comment by fudgebacker in People convicted of a federal cannabis possession charge can now apply to have the conviction removed from their records by OregonTripleBeam
Literally the first paragraph, and this can only cover Federal because Congress or States need to do the rest.
> The Department of Justice on Friday launched an application form that people who were covered under President Joe Biden’s mass marijuana pardon can fill out to demonstrate that they were granted clemency. ...The relief was automatic...
bubleve t1_jaxlk2k wrote
Reply to comment by Ronin22222 in People convicted of a federal cannabis possession charge can now apply to have the conviction removed from their records by OregonTripleBeam
Yes, but that has to be done at the state level or as an act of Congress. This affects about 6,500 people. This is about all the Biden administration can do for past convictions.
bubleve t1_jayt10k wrote
Reply to comment by MouthJob in People convicted of a federal cannabis possession charge can now apply to have the conviction removed from their records by OregonTripleBeam
Also, as far as I know expunging records is an act of congress not the president. So it is a moot point and Biden has done what he can legally.