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Tag: Sentencing

Ohio Marijuana Laws
  • Expungement

Ohio: Lawmakers Advance Sentencing Reform Bill to Governor’s Desk

  • by NORML
  • Posted on December 16, 2022January 4, 2023

Provisions in the bill provide pathways so that those with misdemeanor marijuana convictions (and/or those convicted of most misdemeanors and fourth- or fifth-degree felonies) can petition the courts to have their records sealed.

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Louisiana Marijuana Laws
  • GOVERNMENT

Louisiana: Governor Enacts Marijuana Sentencing Reform Measure

  • by Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director
  • Posted on June 30, 2015June 22, 2022

Republican Gov. Bobby Jindal signed legislation late yesterday significantly reducing criminal penalties for marijuana possession offenses.

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Marijuana Racial Injustice
  • Activism

#FreePotPrisoners

  • by Allen St. Pierre, Former NORML Executive Director
  • Posted on April 21, 2015June 22, 2022

Our friends at High Times have launched a new campaign to call national attention to the next logical step in the country’s progression towards marijuana legalization: Freeing America’s Pot Prisoners

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Marijuana Arrests
  • Activism

Attorney General: Drug Sentences Need Reform, Too Many In Prison

  • by Allen St. Pierre, Former NORML Executive Director
  • Posted on August 9, 2013June 20, 2022

In an interview earlier this week with National Public Radio, US Attorney General Eric Holder…

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