To: President Donald Trump
Restoration of Civil rights by Presidential Pardon
We call upon President Obama to pardon all those presently or previously incarcerated for possession of 1 ounce or less of marijuana and to restore their Civil Rights.
Why is this important?
By its effect, the clear intent of the War on Drugs has been the suppression of Black voter rights - there are now ~20 million Black Americans that have been incarcerated & stripped of their Civil Rights generally for possession of 1 ounce or less of marijuana. The application of marijuana laws has been grossly discriminatory as comparable usage rates in the white population have produced quite low incarceration rates.