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    “Today we take a big step in enacting the kinds of policies that can reverse the harm of the past and to help us to work together to build a brighter future,” the governor said at a press conference Monday.

    Moore told the Washington Post he’s acting to heal decades of social and economic injustice that disproportionately harmed people of color.

    “If you want to be able to create inclusive economic growth, it means you have to start removing these barriers that continue to disproportionately sit on communities of color.”

    “This impact is a triumphant victory for African Americans and other Marylanders of color who were disproportionately arrested, convicted, and sentenced for actions yesterday that are lawful today,” Attorney General Anthony Brown said.

    President Biden pardoned thousands of people in 2022 to decriminalize the drug and address racial disparities in the justice system.

    The act restores the civil liberties lost as a result of a conviction, but it doesn’t expunge a person’s criminal record.


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