Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey plans to issue pardons for simple marijuana possession convictions.

Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey plans to issue pardons for people with state-level convictions for simple marijuana possession, following through on a pledge made during her 2022 campaign. The announcement is expected to impact tens of thousands of Massachusetts residents with such convictions on their records. This decision comes after four residents filed a resolution as a warrant article in Brookline's Town Meeting in May, and Cambridge, Somerville, and Amherst have passed similar ceasefire resolutions this year.

March 11, 2024
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