House passes historic bill to decriminalize marijuana as Floridians work to have past offenders forg

Today’s historic House vote on the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act would not only decriminalize marijuana, it would also expunge the records for those incarcerated over cannabis.

While the bill doesn’t have a strong chance of passing in the Senate, it shows a changing perception of marijuana across the United States.

“I believe that no one should continue to be incarcerated for an activity that is now broadly legalized, that certain individuals in this country are now profiting millions and billions of dollars off of,” said Sarah Gersten, the Executive Director of the Last Prisoner Project.

Gersten and her team work to help those who are sitting in prison on nonviolent cannabis changes– and their help has made a difference for Richard DeLisi.

“Richard DeLisi, a state prisoner in Florida is actually the longest-serving nonviolent cannabis offender in the US,” Gersten said.

DeLisi has served 32 years of a 90-year sentence behind bars. But now, he’s coming home.

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