New Yorkers can now possess up to 3 ounces of cannabis under a legalization bill signed Wednesday by Gov. New York will start automatically expunging the criminal records of individuals with certain past marijuana-related convictions, and law enforcement in the state wont be able to arrest or prosecute individuals for possession of marijuana up to 3 ounces. New York Police …
CHICAGO — Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced Thursday the forgiveness and expungement of about 500,000 criminal cannabis cases. Pritzker said he issued pardons for 9,210 low-level cannabis convictions, while Illinois State Police have wiped clean more than 492,000 non-felony cannabis-related arrest records. “But we can govern with the courage to admit the mistakes of our past and the decency to …
San Francisco worked with the nonprofit organization Code for America to automatically identify convictions that can be cleared under Proposition 64, the district attorney’s office said. San Francisco prosecutors announced Monday they would move to expunge 9,300 marijuana-related convictions dating back decades, part of a sweeping effort to rethink “the war on drugs” now that pot is legal in California. …
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