Over 175,000 Marylanders receive pardons for marijuana convictions

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland: In the "most sweeping state-level pardon in any state", Maryland Governor Wes Moore pardoned more than 175,000 prisoners for marijuana convictions as he believed it would help reverse harms from the past caused by the war on drugs, The Associated Press reported.

Moore said at a news conference that the executive order would affect "tens of thousands of Marylanders" convicted of misdemeanors.