Proposed Clemency Criteria for Federal Marijuana Convictions

SSRN Marijuana laws in the United States vary by state, with some states allowing recreational use and others only allowing medical use. At the federal level, marijuana is still illegal,

While cannabis has grown into a $33.6 billion business, with cannabis restaurants, lounges and dispensaries sprouting up around the country and cannabis legalized in 24 states for recreational use and 39 states for medical use, Edwin Rubis, 56, a father of three sons, is serving his 27th year of a 40-year sentence for a nonviolent charge of conspiracy to distribute cannabis. His release date is 2031.

December 19, 2024 – The Weldon Project and the Academy for Justice (A4J) celebrate the introduction of the Weldon Angelos Presidential Pardon Expungements Act (H.R. 10248), a bipartisan effort aimed at bridging the gap between presidential pardons and true second chances.

December 19, 2024 – In a significant step toward criminal justice reform, the Weldon Angelos Presidential Pardon Expungements Act (H.R. 10248) has been introduced in Congress, offering new hope to those who have received presidential pardons but still face the lasting consequences of their criminal records.

New York University Law Review This Article reinvigorates the case for abolishing strict liability in the criminal law. Undertaking an intellectual history of mens rea policy, I spotlight two fundamental

Maryland Law Review This Article develops a new vision of mens rea by returning to a bygone era’s conception of the guilty mind. The common law understanding of mens rea

April 21, 2023 – Mississippi Today Attorneys for a woman convicted of capital murder in the death of her then-fiance’s son are once again asking the court for a new trial.

2023 Wisconsin Law Review 287 Does mens rea matter to the criminal legal system? Our study addresses this question by performing the first-ever empirical analysis of a culpable mental state’s