Maryland governor says he will pardon 175,000 marijuana

Wes Moore promises mass pardon of low-level convictions to coincide with Juneteenth holiday marking Black slave emancipation

The governor of the US state of Maryland has promised to issue a mass pardon of 175,000 low-level marijuana convictions.

Wes Moore told the Washington Post in an interview published on Sunday that he would make the mass pardon on Monday morning. He said the timing was meant to coincide with this week’s Juneteenth holiday, a day that marks the emancipation of enslaved African Americans.