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WinterCool t1_jayoljx wrote

Reply to comment by magnumhairball in People convicted of a federal cannabis possession charge can now apply to have the conviction removed from their records by OregonTripleBeam

I used to work on Federal Land and cited quite a few people with possession. Maybe a $100 ticket, no jail/arrest/etc, just a ticket, but federal. Honestly I felt like shit doing it. Really glad to hear this news because a few ppl I still remember seemed like nice normal young college kids that probably fucked em over a bit as they applied for jobs.

...but do you discriminate on which laws you enforce, and to whom? Just because they're going to the local college and seemed nice, do you not cite? You're enforcing laws based on discrimination, on your own biases? Why even be in law enforcement if you aren't going to do your job?..I am not in that field anymore.

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pipsdontsqueak t1_jaynvpb wrote

Reply to comment by SpinozaTheDamned in People convicted of a federal cannabis possession charge can now apply to have the conviction removed from their records by OregonTripleBeam

Arresting maybe, not prosecuting unless it happens to be popular to be anti-marijuana in the jurisdiction. Weed charges tend to be tacked on otherwise, it's not really worth the effort to prosecute someone over simple possession of marijuana most places.

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wallstregard t1_jaynfrm wrote

Reply to People convicted of a federal cannabis possession charge can now apply to have the conviction removed from their records by OregonTripleBeam

Background check system has turned into a machine of systemic discrimination. For thousands of years if someone committed a crime. When you completed your sentence, back to normal you go.

People need a way out. More serious crimes, put a longer time frame on them. But give everyone a way out if they do the right things. Corporations use the justice system as a job applicant filter

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sj4iy t1_jaykwdt wrote

Reply to comment by minnieboss in ‘0% chance of survival’: World’s most premature twins record broken by blackchristopher

I never once said they weren’t. I have a child with autism that I love very much.

However…it’s stupid to think that every parent has the means and ability to take care of a child with even minor disabilities. Because it’s a huge strain on marriage, on finances, and on any other children the parents may have.

My husband and I have the means that care for our son, even if he never becomes independent. Not everyone does. Not everyone can afford the therapists and interventions a child may need. Not everyone can take the time off from work to take their child to various therapists. Not everyone can afford to fight the school to get their child and IEP or para or get the school to pay the tuition on a private school that would help their child more.

My son had relatively mild disabilities and it has been very difficult. My husband and I are lucky, that we have the ability to help him. But not everyone is able to. And that should be acknowledged.

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bubleve t1_jayjs4l wrote

Reply to comment by speaks_truth_2_kiwis in People convicted of a federal cannabis possession charge can now apply to have the conviction removed from their records by OregonTripleBeam

They pardoned federal crimes. Your statement was about the state level so that is what I responded to.

It is unclear to me if the president has those powers, pretty sure that has to be Congress.

> ...As these opinions confirm, a presidential pardon removes, either conditionally or unconditionally, the punitive legal consequences that would otherwise flow from conviction for the pardoned offense. A pardon, however, does not erase the conviction as a historical fact or justify the fiction that the pardoned individual did not engage in criminal conduct. A pardon, therefore, does not by its own force expunge judicial or administrative records of the conviction or underlying offense.

https://www.justice.gov/file/451106/download

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bubleve t1_jayjlht wrote

Reply to comment by speaks_truth_2_kiwis in People convicted of a federal cannabis possession charge can now apply to have the conviction removed from their records by OregonTripleBeam

You are right, but:

> “a pardon removes or prevents the attachment of all consequences that are based on guilt for the offense,”

https://www.justice.gov/file/451106/download

I would suspect that standard employment/housing discriminatory practices would be in play. Pretty sure Congress would have to expunge the records.

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bpooqd t1_jayiq1z wrote

Reply to comment by DJ_Spark_Shot in Newly discovered chemicals are so deadly to fungi they are named after Keanu Reeves | CNN by Competitive-Wall2473

His response was,

>...Hi, thank you…they should’ve called it John Wick…but that’s pretty cool…and surreal for me. But thanks, scientist people! Good luck, and thank you for helping us....

https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/11ia0od/comment/jaxjyd7/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

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