By Nia Bender
COLORADO – Colorado Governor Jared Polis has used a new executive authority to pardon at least 27-hundred-32-people convicted of low-level marijuana possessions. The new law allows the governor to pardon anyone who had two ounces of pot or less.
Marijuana became legal with Amendment 64 being passed in 2012. The governor’s move means convictions dating back as far as 50-years can be removed from a person’s record and says the number of people affected could be much higher. Past convictions will no longer show up on people’s background checks when they apply for jobs or attempt to rent a place to live.
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