The Final Prisoner Mission (LPP) has launched the #Countdown4Clemency marketing campaign urging President Joe Biden to make good on his promise of granting clemency to hundreds of US residents nonetheless incarcerated for hashish convictions.

The initiative, launched alongside the 420 Unity Coalition and different hashish business advocates, calls on Biden to ‘fulfill his promise that nobody needs to be in jail for hashish.’

So far, Biden has solely granted 1.6% of clemency petitions submitted throughout his presidency, and with solely weeks left in his tenure, the LPP has referred to as on his administration to launch round 3000 individuals who stay incarcerated federally for hashish associated crimes, lots of which have been made authorized in states since they have been imprisoned.

Whereas the president has issued categorical pardons, advocates level out that no particular person has been launched from jail for hashish offenses underneath his administration’s clemency efforts.

It goes on to focus on the obtrusive racial disparities seen in cannabis-related convictions, with almost half of LPP’s clemency petitions involving people who determine as black.

The #Countdown4Clemency marketing campaign encourages the general public to affix the motion by sending letters to President Biden, urging him to grant clemency earlier than his time period ends. Supporters are additionally requested to boost consciousness on social media utilizing the hashtags #Countdown4Clemency and #CannabisClemency.

For extra data, go to www.cannabisclemency.org.