Biden commutes 2,500 crack sentences, though pot offenders still waiting

President Joe Biden commuted the sentences of almost 2,500 federal inmates who had convicted on crack cocaine offenses.

The decision is drawing outrage from people who feel as if marijuana is not as serious, yet those convicted of pot crimes are still in jail.

Joe Biden had promised during his campaign that he would free those who were imprisoned on only marijuana crimes.

"Today, I am commuting the sentences of nearly 2,500 people convicted of non-violent drug offenses who are serving disproportionately long sentences compared to the sentences they would receive today under current law, policy, and practice," Biden said.

He continued, "With this action, I have now issued more individual pardons and commutations than any president in U.S. [sic] history. Today’s clemency action provides relief for individuals who received lengthy sentences based on discredited distinctions between crack and powder cocaine, as well as outdated sentencing enhancements for drug crimes."

With the people imprisoned on weed charges still being in prison, many people think that this is a political move by Joe Biden, not a true effort to do what's right.

Crack cocaine has typically been sentenced much more harshly than powder cocaine, which disproportionately impacted black people.

Joe Biden co-sponsored the Anti-Drug abuse Act of 1986, which created a 100-1 sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine.