125 cannabis convicts released from prison As of: May 5, 2024 according to the following report
https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/cannabis-haftentlassungen-100.html
Anyone serving a sentence for cannabis offenses can hope for leniency after partial legalization.
At least 125 people have already been released from prison. This was the result of a request from the ARD capital studio.
Moritz Rödle By Moritz Rödle, ARD Berlin The new cannabis law has been in force for a month. It regulates the partial legalization of cannabis and also includes an amnesty for offenses that would no longer be criminal offenses under current law.
As a result of this new regulation, at least 125 people across the country have been released from prison. This emerges from a request from the ARD capital studio to all federal states. For example, there were 24 prison releases in Bavaria, 13 in Rhineland-Palatinate and two in Lower Saxony.
The Ministry of Justice in North Rhine-Westphalia only announced figures for the area of the Hamm Public Prosecutor’s Office. Accordingly, 50 people were released from prison there.
However, the number can also increase across Germany because some federal states have not yet completed the review of the procedures in question.
Also see this Business of Cannabis report saying 216K cases have already been reviewed
