expungement

California Finally Clearing Cannabis Records. Will Lessons Be Learned?

California officials have announced that they're finally making substantial progress on clearing old marijuana criminal records—but they’re seven years too…

July 6, 2023

Rhode Island Expunges Over 23,000 Cannabis Possession Records

The Rhode Island judiciary system has expunged more than 23,000 marijuana possession records, completing the first phase of cannabis relief…

June 9, 2023

“Cleaning Up After the Drug War”—the Work of an Expungement Attorney

The drug war inflicts further, lingering harms on the communities that it targets with police violence and mass incarceration. Even…

April 10, 2023

Cleveland Mayor Planning Thousands of Cannabis Record Expungements

The mayor of Cleveland, Ohio said on April 4 that the city will be moving forward with plans to seal…

April 6, 2023

Missouri Makes Promising Expungements Start, Erasing 7,500 Cannabis Records

The state of Missouri has cleared several thousand old marijuana records as it implements adult-use legalization, which voters approved in…

March 3, 2023

As CT Erases Cannabis Convictions, Will People Fall Through the Cracks?

On January 1, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont (D) announced on Twitter that his administration “has marked 42,964 cannabis convictions erased.”…

January 10, 2023

Federal Legalization Still Wouldn’t Free All Cannabis Prisoners

"Tell everybody in this government that y’all need to let everybody out of jail for selling weed before y’all start…

April 7, 2022

National Expungement Week: Learn How to Clear Your Record (For Free)

September 26 through October 3 is National Expungement Week of Action and Awareness (NEW), and a series of in-person and…

September 28, 2021

First All-Drug Decriminalization Bill to Be Introduced in Congress

On June 15, ahead of the 50th anniversary of Nixon’s declaration of the “War on Drugs,” Democratic Representatives Bonnie Watson…

June 15, 2021

What LA County DA George Gascón Means for California Drug Policy

On December 7, newly elected Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón took office and announced sweeping reforms to the…

December 10, 2020