(This is a developing story and will be updated.)
President Joe Biden on Friday commuted the sentences of almost 2,500 nonviolent drug offenders locked up in federal prisons.
The White House issued a short statement that did not identify individuals impacted nor specify which drug charges led to their incarceration.
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“Today’s clemency action provides relief for individuals who received lengthy sentences based on discredited distinctions between crack and powder cocaine, as well as outdated sentencing enhancements for drug crimes,” Biden said in his statement.
The marijuana industry has been a vocal critic of the Biden administration for not commuting the sentences of those imprisoned for nonviolent marijuana offenses.
Marijuana reform activists welcomed the move but urged Biden to do more.
“We applaud President
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