On Monday, The Record reported Murphy is open to the idea. And a reporter asked the Democratic governor at an unrelated news event hours later if he'd consider "wide-sweeping pardons" -- and if that would happen before weed is legalized.
Murphy replied that he didn't know about timing or if they'd be broad. But yes, he said, he's considering pardons.
"If all we do is reset the table on Monday and we ignore what happened up until Friday, I think we would not have done our job," Murphy said. "So the answer is: We have to be open-minded."