In light of the Obama administration's new clemency drive to curtail severe penalties in low-level drug cases, we call on the administration to commute the sentences of prisoners who are serving time for medical cannabis charges.
These compassionate individuals were providing medical cannabis legally under state law, yet were denied the right to use their compliance with state laws as a defense in federal court and were consequently sentenced to harsh jail terms with mandatory minimums frequently coming into play.
These sentences are a cruel denial of justice. We urge you to immediately initiate whatever action is necessary to release and commute the sentences of federal medical cannabis prisoners.