Articles tagged with "expungement"

A 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.

Philly will no longer prosecute cannabis possession cases. Similar policies were recently enacted in Houston and Brooklyn.

San Francisco’s DA is proactively expunging cannabis convictions, but other counties are waiting for people to come forward before acting.

From entrepreneurial Girl Scouts to enlightened gun lovers, here are the week’s notable cannabis quotables.

On the heels of similar moves in California and Colorado, Seattle officials say they will move to vacate hundreds of misdemeanor convictions for cannabis possession.

From Trumpy typos to expunged convictions, here are the week’s most notable cannabis quotables.

San 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.

District Attorney George Gascon said his office will dismiss nearly 3,000 misdemeanor cases and review nearly 5,000 felony cases for possible action.

It’s one of several efforts to build on the choice California voters’ made to legalize marijuana despite fresh threats from the federal government.

Legislators nearly killed the best parts of the state’s legalization law. Then local activists stepped to help create a gold-standard set of regulations.