President Biden's pardons of simple marijuana possession charges will not apply to members of the military, who were charged under the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
decision to pardon thousands of Americans who faced federal marijuana possession charges will not apply to members of the military.
Biden announced the pardons on Thursday, saying they would cover about 6,500 Americans who were federally charged with simple"As I often said during my campaign for president, no one should be in jail just for using or possessing marijuana," Biden said in the announcement."Sending people to prison for possessing marijuana has upended too many lives and incarcerated people for conduct that many states no longer prohibit.
None of the Americans facing simple possession charges are currently in federal prisons, while peopleThe president does have the ability to alter some UCMJ punishments, though any large change to the rules that govern the conduct of service members would require action by Congress. Although UCMJ allows for service members to be
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