Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer commuted Michael Thompson's sentence on December 22. He spent 23 years in jail for selling three pounds of marijuana to an informant. Thompson was released on January 28.
Marijuana grower Andrew Cox has been released from jail after serving 13 years, thanks to Last Prisoner Project. He received a life sentence in 2009.
"Gilligan's Island" co-star Dawn Wells, who played Mary Ann and passed away on December 30, was arrested for marijuana possession in 2007.
Angels are looking down on Weldon Angelos and other marijuana prisoners who are being pardoned or having their sentences commuted during the 2020 holiday season.
A total of 21 celebrities arrested for marijuana or other drugs in 2019, included two NFL players, four NCAA football players, an NBA player, an NCAA basketball player, a former MLB player, six musicians, three actors, the founder of Cirque de Soleil, a former Playboy playmate and a Greek tycoon.
