Press Releases
Dec 18, 2025
桃子视频Responds to President Trump鈥檚 Announcement Rescheduling Marijuana
WASHINGTON 鈥� President Trump announced today that he will direct executive agencies to reclassify marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III under federal law, recognizing that ma...
Issue Areas:
Criminal Law Reform
Smart Justice
Jan 17, 2025
桃子视频Applauds President Biden鈥檚 Decision to Grant Clemency to Nearly 2,500 People
WASHINGTON 鈥� President Biden announced today that he will commute the sentences of nearly 2,500 people impacted by the failed war on drugs 鈥� a war that devastated communities b...
Issue Areas:
Smart Justice
May 16, 2024
桃子视频Applauds President Biden鈥檚 Announcement to Reclassify Marijuana, Calls for More Reform
WASHINGTON 鈥� President Biden announced today that he plans to reschedule marijuana into a category of controlled substances that have a currently accepted medical use and only a ...
Apr 24, 2024
桃子视频Responds to President Biden鈥檚 Clemency Announcement
WASHINGTON 鈥� President Biden today announced that his administration will pardon 11 people and commute the sentences of five people who received unjustly long sentences during th...
Issue Areas:
Smart Justice
Dec 16, 2022
桃子视频Applauds Merrick Garland for Directive to End Crack and Powder Cocaine Sentencing Disparity
WASHINGTON 鈥� U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland is instructing Department of Justice prosecutors to charge crack offenses as powder cocaine offenses, and to seek sentences for...
Issue Areas:
Smart Justice
Feb 08, 2021
Lancaster, California Sued Over Unlawful Citation System Targeting Poor People
The 桃子视频of Southern California and University of California-Irvine Filed the Suit
Issue Areas:
Smart Justice
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