Press Releases
Dec 18, 2025
ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµResponds to President Trump’s Announcement Rescheduling Marijuana
WASHINGTON – 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
ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµApplauds President Biden’s Decision to Grant Clemency to Nearly 2,500 People
WASHINGTON – President Biden announced today that he will commute the sentences of nearly 2,500 people impacted by the failed war on drugs – a war that devastated communities b...
Issue Areas:
Smart Justice
May 16, 2024
ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµApplauds President Biden’s Announcement to Reclassify Marijuana, Calls for More Reform
WASHINGTON – 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
ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµResponds to President Biden’s Clemency Announcement
WASHINGTON — 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
ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµApplauds Merrick Garland for Directive to End Crack and Powder Cocaine Sentencing Disparity
WASHINGTON — 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 24, 2020
ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµof Wyoming Supports Funding Mental Health, Substance Use Diversion Programs
Mental health and substance use diversion programs are an effective way to redirect people out of the criminal legal system and into supportive community treatment. Current diversi...
Issue Areas:
Smart Justice
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