New Jersey Legislature Could Vote on Legalization Next Week
Lawmakers in New Jersey will reportedly vote on an adult-use legalization measure as early as next week after it passed… Read More
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Expungement
Washington Senate Approves Cannabis Expungement Bill
The Washington state Senate has successfully passed legislation that, if signed into law, would vacate tens of thousands of prior… Read More
San Francisco Expunges 9,000 Prior Cannabis Convictions
The San Francisco District Attorney’s Office has expunged 9,362 felony and misdemeanor cannabis convictions dating from as far back as… Read More
Washington Proposal Would Expunge 200,000 Cannabis Crimes
The Washington State legislature has proposed House and Senate companion bills that, if passed, would grant clemency for some Washingtonians… Read More
Washington Gov. to Issue Cannabis Pardons
At the Washington Cannabis Summit on Friday, January 4, Gov. Jay Inslee (D) announced he would exercise his constitutional clemency authority… Read More
Illinois Expungement Bill Receives New Support
An Illinois state Senate bill that would expunge low-level cannabis crimes has received new support, according to a WQAD 8 report. Illinois… Read More
Boulder, Colorado to Erase Prior Cannabis Convictions
Prosecutors in Boulder, Colorado are taking things a step further over the state and moving to completely erase previous cannabis… Read More
This Week is National Expungement Week
October 20-27 is National Expungement Week, a national series of free legal clinics aimed to help victims of the war… Read More
Canada Legalizes Cannabis, Possession Pardons Incoming
Today marks the official legalization of cannabis in Canada. Canada, following in the footsteps of Uruguay, is only the second nation… Read More
Canadian Lawmaker Calls for Cannabis Expungements
Canadian lawmaker Murray Rankin, an MP with the New Democratic Party from Victoria, intends to bring forward a bill that… Read More
Bipartisan Group Aims to Clear Cannabis Convictions
A bipartisan group of U.S. Representatives that call themselves “strange bedfellows” is working together to clear federal cannabis-related convictions off… Read More
Brooklyn DA Wants to Erase 20,000 Cannabis Convictions
Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez has proposed erasing tens of thousands of low-level cannabis convictions, The Associated Press reports. Gonzalez’s reasoning… Read More
Cannabis Expungement Bill Passes California Legislature
On Wednesday, the California state legislature approved a bill that requires the state’s Department of Justice to review cannabis convictions… Read More
Missouri Governor Signs Bill Allowing Expungement of Most Cannabis Convictions
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon signed a bill into law last week that will allow the expungement of the majority of the… Read More