Retired boxer Mike Tyson is thanking President Donald Trump for his decision to free two people who were serving time for federal marijuana convictions last week—but he is making clear that even more acts of cannabis clemency should follow.
“No one should lose decades of their life for nonviolent cannabis offenses,” Tyson told Marijuana Moment in reaction to the president’s action.
Trump on Thursday commuted the sentences of Jerry Haymon IV and Kevin Harden, effectively ending their sentences and putting them on the path to being free.
“I want to thank President Trump for giving Jerry Haymon and Kevin Harden a second chance,” Tyson told Marijuana Moment.
“I hope this is only the beginning for those still waiting to rebuild their lives,” he said.
The clemency applications from Haymon and Harden were both accompanied by a letter Tyson wrote to Trump in which he praised the president for his administration’s moves to federally reschedule marijuana, which the boxer had publicly pushed for in advance.
“There are Americans still sitting in federal prison for the very conduct your order addresses, waiting to see if your historic words will extend to them,” he wrote. “With two-thirds of Americans in support of marijuana
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