Vice President Kamala Harris hosted a convening of criminal justice reform advocates at the White House to discuss President Joe Biden‘s efforts to decriminalize marijuana and expunge criminal records for simple possession.
Rapper Fat Joe, Gov. Andy Beshear (D-KY), and White House Office of Public Engagement Stephen Benjamin joined Harris in the discussion, where the vice president firmly stated that “nobody should have to go to jail for smoking weed.”
“I believe that the promise of America includes equal justice under the law, and, for too many, our criminal justice system has failed to live up to that core principle. I say that with full knowledge of how the system has worked, including my experience as a prosecutor,” she stated at the top of her remarks on Friday. “What we need to do is recognize that far too
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