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Donald Trump Has the Power to Release Nonviolent Marijuana Offenders from Prison. Will He Act?

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Aaron Sandusky has spent 7 years in federal prison for operating a legal dispensary in California. He's one of about 20,000 marijuana offenders still in prison for cannabis even as legalization sweeps the nation.

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Aaron Sandusky has spent nearly seven years in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute cannabis. He's one of about 20,000 federal or state inmates behind bars for an activity that is legal in one form or another in 33 U.S. states and Washington, D.C.

A bill is working its way through the Senate that might help people like Sandusky by expunging their records. Some advocates believe that President Donald Trump is close to granting clemency to some of these men and women―including Sandusky.

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