Articles tagged with "expungement"
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California Scrambles to Speed Sluggish Expungement Process
Hayley Fox - Published on February 22, 2018read moreA year after a law took affect allowing people to erase old cannabis convictions, nearly a million people still have criminal records more tarnished than they deserve.
Philadelphia DA Drops Cannabis Cases, Joining National Trend
Bruce Barcott - Published on February 16, 2018read morePhilly will no longer prosecute cannabis possession cases. Similar policies were recently enacted in Houston and Brooklyn.
DAs Making it Easier to Clear California Cannabis Convictions
Peter Hecht - Published on February 12, 2018read moreSan Francisco’s DA is proactively expunging cannabis convictions, but other counties are waiting for people to come forward before acting.
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‘Trading a Constitutional Right for Pain Relief’: The Week in Cannabis Quotes
Dave Schmader - Published on February 9, 2018read moreFrom entrepreneurial Girl Scouts to enlightened gun lovers, here are the week’s notable cannabis quotables.
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As Seattle Vacates Misdemeanor Convictions, County Mulls Action on Felonies
Ben Adlin - Published on February 8, 2018read moreOn the heels of similar moves in California and Colorado, Seattle officials say they will move to vacate hundreds of misdemeanor convictions for cannabis possession.
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‘Democracy Dies in Dankness’: The Week in Cannabis Quotes
Dave Schmader - Published on February 2, 2018read moreFrom Trumpy typos to expunged convictions, here are the week’s most notable cannabis quotables.
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California Prosecutors Dropping, Reducing Cannabis Convictions
The Associated Press - Published on February 1, 2018read moreSan Francisco and San Diego are moving to erase thousands of marijuana convictions en masse, a step that could prove life-changing for some and could especially help minorities.
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San Francisco to Wipe out Thousands of Cannabis Convictions
The Associated Press - Published on January 31, 2018read moreDistrict Attorney George Gascon said his office will dismiss nearly 3,000 misdemeanor cases and review nearly 5,000 felony cases for possible action.
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California Bill Would Ease Erasure of Cannabis Convictions
The Associated Press - Published on January 9, 2018read moreIt’s one of several efforts to build on the choice California voters’ made to legalize marijuana despite fresh threats from the federal government.
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How Activists Turned a Bad Massachusetts Bill Into a Great Law
Shaleen Title - Published on July 24, 2017read moreLegislators nearly killed the best parts of the state’s legalization law. Then local activists stepped to help create a gold-standard set of regulations.
