Former pro boxer Mike Tyson is throwing his weight behind an organization advocating for the release and record expungement of people who have been incarcerated for federal cannabis offenses.
In a letter sent to President Joe Biden Feb. 20, Tyson wrote that he is supporting The Weldon Project and its Mission [Green] initiative, which works to end incarceration for cannabis-related offenses and provide opportunities for people to receive pardons or expungements.
“In September 2021, you received a letter from the Weldon Project—signed by dozens of artists, athletes, lawmakers, law enforcement officials, academics, business leaders, policy experts, reform advocates, and other professionals—asking you to issue a general pardon for federal marijuana offenders. Today, I join the Weldon Project, Drake, Killer Mike, T.I., Deion Sanders, Bella Thorne, Jim Brown, and many others in calling upon you to end the madness of federal marijuana prohibition,” Tyson wrote, naming just a few of the 150 signees of the Sept. 14, 2021, letter, which, as Cannabis Business Times previously reported, urged the president “to grant a full, complete, and unconditional pardon to all persons subject to federal criminal or civil enforcement on the basis of non-violent marijuana offenses.”
Founded by Weldon Angelos, who served 13 years of a 55-year prison sentence for selling less than $1,000 of cannabis, The Weldon Project works to provide financial and legal resources for people who are serving time for cannabis-related offenses.
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